Phthirus pubis

The similarities of the larval and nymph stages of the tick and louse (Pthirus pubis) may lead to misdiagnosis in rare cases of… (More)

Bilateral animals are featured by an extremely compact mitochondrial (mt) genome with 37 genes on a single circular chromosome… (More)

Pediculosis seems to have afflicted humans since the most ancient times and lice have been found in several ancient human remains… (More)

The primary endosymbiotic bacteria from three species of parasitic primate lice were characterized molecularly. We have confirmed… (More)

Larva and adult of Phthirus pubis were dehydrated and transparentized. Photos were taken separately and synthesized to integrated… (More)

Until now, Pthirus pubis infestation in ancient human populations had only been recorded in the Old World. We found crab lice on… (More)

The ability to identify individual human hosts based on analyses of blood recovered from the digestive tract of hematophagous… (More)

While socioeconomic factors have been found to be important in the incidence of head lice (Pediculosis capitis) infestation, most… (More)

Phthiriasis palpebrarum is an uncommon cause of blepharitis and conjunctivitis and may easily be overlooked. A high index of… (More)

In recent years there has been a steady increase in the incidence of infestation with Phthirus pubis, a sexually transmitted… (More)