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  2. Sucking louse - Wikipedia

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    Sucking louse. Sucking lice ( Anoplura, formerly known as Siphunculata) have around 500 species and represent the smaller of the two traditional superfamilies of lice. As opposed to the paraphyletic chewing lice, which are now divided among three suborders, the sucking lice are monophyletic . The Anoplura are all blood-feeding ectoparasites of ...

  3. Body louse - Wikipedia

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    Pediculus humanus humanus. Linnaeus, 1758. The body louse ( Pediculus humanus humanus, also known as Pediculus humanus corporis) or the cootie is a hematophagic ectoparasite louse that infests humans. [1] It is one of three lice which infest humans, the other two being the head louse, and the crab louse or pubic louse. [2]

  4. Pediculosis corporis - Wikipedia

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    Washing contaminated bedding and clothing in hot or boiling water, personal hygiene, pediculicide. Pediculosis corporis or Vagabond's disease is a cutaneous condition caused by body lice ( Pediculus humanus humanus) that lay their eggs on clothing and to a lesser extent on human hairs. [1] [2] : 447.

  5. Blood-sucking body lice may have spread plague more than ...

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    Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death. It’s ...

  6. Pediculosis pubis - Wikipedia

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    Pediculosis pubis is an infestation by the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, a wingless insect which feeds on blood and lays its eggs (nits) on mainly pubic hair. Less commonly, hair near the anus, armpit, beard, eyebrows, moustache, and eyelashes may be involved. [1] [2] [3] Although the presence of pubic lice is associated with the presence of ...

  7. Head louse - Wikipedia

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    Pediculus humanus capitis by Des Helmore. The head louse ( Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. [1] Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the human scalp and feed exclusively on human blood. [1] Humans are the only known hosts of this specific parasite, while chimpanzees and bonobos host a ...

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