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2. Head lice infestation - Wikipedia

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   The cause of head lice infestations in children is not related to cleanliness. [5] Other animals, such as cats and dogs, do not play a role in transmission. [4] Head lice feed only on human blood and are only able to survive on human head hair. [6] [5] When adults, they are about 2 to 3 mm long. [8]

3. Pediculosis - Wikipedia

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   From each egg or "nit" may hatch one nymph that will grow and develop to the adult louse. Lice feed on blood once or more often each day by piercing the skin with their tiny needle-like mouthparts. While feeding they excrete saliva, which irritates the skin and causes itching. [8] Lice cannot burrow into the skin. [citation needed]

4. Head louse - Wikipedia

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   Thus, mobile head lice populations may contain eggs, nits, three nymphal instars, and the adults (male and female) . [1] Metamorphosis during head louse development is subtle. The only visible differences between different instars and the adult, other than size, is the relative length of the abdomen, which increases with each molt, [ 1 ] as ...

5. 5 important things to know about lice — and why it’s OK to ...

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   "Living with a child — or adult — with head lice creates a lot of these opportunities for the lice to spread from person to person," Dr. Gary Reschak, pediatrician at Northwestern Medicine ...

6. Does your child have head lice? How to get rid of it for good

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   Head lice are most common among young children — 6 million to 12 million lice outbreaks occur yearly in children between 3 and 11 in the US — though adults are vulnerable to head lice as well.

7. Body louse - Wikipedia

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   Body lice are disease vectors and can transmit pathogens that cause human diseases such as epidemic typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever. [6] In developed countries, infestations are only a problem in areas of poverty where there is poor body hygiene, crowded living conditions, and a lack of access to clean clothing. [ 7 ]