The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the human...
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Head lice infestation, also known as pediculosis capitis, is the infection of the head hair and scalp by the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis). Itching...
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species of louse—the head louse and the body louse are subspecies of Pediculus humanus; and the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis. The body louse has the smallest...
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three lice which infest humans, the other two being the head louse, and the crab louse or pubic louse. Body lice may lay eggs on the host hairs and clothing...
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crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually...
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Pediculosis (section Head lice)
of the human head with the specific head louse. Pediculosis may be divided into the following types:: 446–8 Pediculosis capitis (Head lice infestation)...
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Treatment of human lice (redirect from LouseBuster)
removal of head lice parasites from human hair. It has been debated and studied for centuries. However, the number of cases of human louse infestations...
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clothing, and Pediculus humanus capitis, or the human head louse. Pthirus pubis (the human pubic louse) is the cause of the condition known as crabs. These...
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Pediculus humanus (category Louse stubs)
Linnaeus, 1758 – body louse Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1767 – head louse William H. Robinson (2005). "Phthiraptera". Handbook of Urban Insects...
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(also known as "crabs" and "pubic lice") is an infestation by the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, a wingless insect which feeds on blood and lays its eggs...
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a head louse. Only the presence of live crawling lice (nymph or imago) constitutes an infestation. Much of the controversy surrounding school head lice...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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that dating the split of the ancestral human louse into two species, the head louse and the pubic louse, would date the loss of body hair in human ancestors...
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A whale louse is a crustacean of the family Cyamidae. Despite the name, it is not a true louse (which are insects), but rather is related to the skeleton...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Pediculus (category Louse stubs)
Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 – the body louse Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1767 – the head louse Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916 Pediculus schaeffi...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran Nit, the egg case of a head louse Nit (unit), of luminance Nat (unit) or nit, natural unit of information...
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porocephaliasis can penetrate viscerally) and includes those involving mites, ticks, head lice and bed bugs. An internal (or endoparasitic) infestation is a condition...
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certain areas such as the wrists, between fingers, or along the waistline. The head may be affected, but this is typically only in young children. The itch is...
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Pinworm (parasite) Arthropod animal Pediculus humanus capitis Head louse length 2.5–3 mm Head louse Flatworm animal Eucestoda Tapeworm length (minimum) 1 mm...
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botfly) Phlebotominae (sand flies) Phthiraptera (Lice) Body louse Crab louse Head louse Siphonaptera (fleas) Tabanidae (horse flies) Tantulocarida Triatominae...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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Louse Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation) Crab louse (phthiriasis) Hemiptera Bed bug (cimicosis) Fly Dermatobia hominis...
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