Management and Treatment of Human Lice.
Of the three lice (head, body, and pubic louse) that infest humans, the body louse is the species involved in epidemics of louse-borne typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever, but all the three cause pediculosis. Their infestations occur today in many countries despite great efforts to maintain hi...
| Published in: | BioMed Research International Vol. 2016; pp. 1 - 13 |
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| Format: | pictorial review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
7/27/2016
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