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Pediculidae

Known as: primate body lice, lice, human body louse 
National Institutes of Health

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AnopluraBody louse infestationInfestation by AnopluraLice

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Pediculus humanus humanus

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Siphunculata

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Plague Epidemics and Lice, Democratic Republic of the Congo
To the Editor: Plague, a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis, is transmitted to humans by the… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
What's in a name: the taxonomic status of human head and body lice.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Fumigant and Repellent Properties of Essential Oils and Component Compounds Against Permethrin-Resistant Pediculus humanus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) from Argentina
Abstract The repeated use of permethrin and other insecticides for the control of head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Prevalence and regional distribution of scab, lice and blowfly strike in Great Britain
The prevalence of psoroptic mange (sheep scab), louse infestation and blowfly strike in sheep in Great Britain between March 2003… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
First Molecular Evidence of Bartonella quintana in Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae), Collected from Nepalese Children
Abstract Trench fever is a body louse-borne disease caused by Bartonella quintana Brenner. The recent status of louse infestation… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Resistance to Insecticides and Effect of Synergists on Permethrin Toxicity in Pediculus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) from Buenos Aires
Abstract Permethrin-resistant colonies of Pediculus capitis (De Geer) from Buenos Aires were used to establish a resistance… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Prevention and Treatment of Head Lice in Children
Head louse infestations (pediculosis) are prevalent worldwide. In developed countries, the infestation rate of 4- to 13-year-old… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Laboratory studies of susceptibility and resistance to insecticides in Pediculus capitis (Anoplura; Pediculidae).
The susceptibility of local head lice to permethrin, sumithrin, deltamethrin, and carbaryl was determined by laboratory bioassays… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
How Charles Nicolle of the Pasteur Institute discovered that epidemic typhus is transmitted by lice: reminiscences from my years at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
Until the first decade of this century, our information about epidemic, i.e., exanthematic typhus was rather scarce. We knew only… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) from hair combs excavated in Israel and dated from the first century B.C. to the eighth century A.D..
Head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, and their eggs were discovered on 12 out of 24 hair combs recovered during… 
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