Scanning electron microscopy of human head louse (Anoplura: Pediculidae) egg and its clinical ramifications

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 454-456

  Burkhart, C N ^a   Burkhart, C G ^b   Gunning, W T ^b   Arbogast, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c Lourdes College   (United States)

Author keywords

Nit sheath; Pediculus humanus capitis; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANOPLURA; PEDICULIDAE; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PEDICULUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 0033158237     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.4.454     Document Type: Article

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