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• n  type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans

• Pediculus
• genus Pediculus

News & Articles

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• One species, two outcomes: Team seeks source of body louse pathology
  A new study seeks to determine how one parasitic species can give rise to two drastically different outcomes in its host: The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) can transmit dangerous bacterial infections to humans, while the human head louse (also Pediculus humanus) does not.
  Jan. 10, 2014 - Science Daily
• 1 species, 2 outcomes: Team seeks source of body louse pathology
  ( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ) A new study seeks to determine how one parasitic species can give rise to two drastically different outcomes in its host: The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) can transmit dangerous bacterial infections to humans, while the human head louse (also Pediculus humanus) does not.
  Jan. 10, 2014 - EurekAlert!