"Royal" pediculosis in Renaissance Italy: Lice in the mummy of the King of Naples Ferdinand II of Aragon (1467-1496)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 671-672

  Fornaciari, Gino ^a   Giuffra, Valentina ^a   Marinozzi, Silvia ^b   Picchi, Malayka Samantha ^c   Masetti, Massimo ^c  

^a Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mercury. Italy; Pediculus capitis; Pthirus pubis; XV century

Indexed keywords

PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; PHTHIRIDAE; PHTHIRUS PUBIS;

EID: 70149109348     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400026     Document Type: Article

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