Severe head lice infestation in an Andean mummy of Arica, Chile

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 433-436

  Arriaza, Bernardo ^a   Orellana, Nancy C ^a,b   Barbosa, Helene S ^c   Menna Barreto, Rubem F S ^c   Araújo, Adauto ^c   Standen, Vivien ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^b Universidad de la Cordillera   (Bolivia)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMINID; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; MICROSCOPY; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; CHILE; ECTOPARASITE; HAIR; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS; SCALP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHILE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUMMIES; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

ARICA; ARICA AND PARINACOTA; ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

HOMINIDAE; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 84860303692     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2903.1     Document Type: Article

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