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The Part played by Pediculus humanus in the Causation of Disease

1917; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0031182000003735

1469-8161

George Nuttall,

Dermatological diseases and infestations

The term Pediculosis denotes the pathological condition brought about by infestation with Pediculus humanus , either the head or the body or both of these being affected. Pediculosis may lead directly or indirectly to secondary infections of various kinds. P. humanus ( corporis and capitis ) has been shown to be the carrier of two important diseases affecting man, namely typhus and relapsing fever.