Transmission potential of the human head louse, Pediculus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae)

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 811-816

  Takano Lee, Miwa ^a,b,c   Edman, John D ^a,b,c   Mullens, Bradley A ^a,b,c   Clark, John M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27544509837     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02418.x     Document Type: Article

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