Histochemical analysis of the nit of Pediculus humanus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 530-532

  Burkhart, C N ^a   Arbogast, J ^b   Smythe, P ^c   Burkhart, C G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Lourdes College   (United States)

^c TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Head lice; Hyaluronic acid; Nit sheath

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; OVUM; PEDICULUS;

EID: 0033158784     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.4.530     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Barat, S. K., and K. Y. Scaria. 1962. The nature of the cementing substances found in the infested pig bristles. Bull. Cent. Leather Res. Inst. 9: 73-74.
2. Burgess, I. F. 1995. Human lice and their management. Adv. Parasitol. 36: 271-342.
3. Burkhart, C. N., B. A. Stankiewicz, I. Pchalek, M. A. Kruge, and C. G. Burkhart. 1999. Molecular composition of the louse sheath. J. Parasitol. (in press).
4. Carter, D. G. 1992. Insect glues. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
5. Khudobin, V. V. 1995. The epidemiological significance of human lice in relation to the characteristics of the parasitism. Voenno-Med. Zh. 80: 52-58.