What's eating you? Body lice (Pediculus humanus var corporis)

Cutis

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-398

  Mikhail, Maryann ^a   Weinberg, Jeffrey M ^a   Smith, Barry L ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICULUS;

EID: 37049032526     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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