The Use of Rabbits Used to Propagate Human Lice for Research
Comp Med. 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-23-000073. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe globally important human diseases of trench fever, epidemic typhus, and relapsing fever are vectored by the human louse Pediculus humanus humanus. Although these conditions are epidemically quiescent at present, they persist in socially dysfunctional situations of war, deprivation, and crowding. The taxonomically closely related head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, does not respect economic or social status and is quite common in most countries. The 2 types of lice are now recognized as conspecific ecotypes of a single species. Whil...
Source: Comparative Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Steven H Weisbroth Source Type: research
The Use of Rabbits Used to Propagate Human Lice for Research
Comp Med. 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-23-000073. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe globally important human diseases of trench fever, epidemic typhus, and relapsing fever are vectored by the human louse Pediculus humanus humanus. Although these conditions are epidemically quiescent at present, they persist in socially dysfunctional situations of war, deprivation, and crowding. The taxonomically closely related head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, does not respect economic or social status and is quite common in most countries. The 2 types of lice are now recognized as conspecific ecotypes of a single species. Whil...
Source: Comparative Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Steven H Weisbroth Source Type: research
The Use of Rabbits Used to Propagate Human Lice for Research
Comp Med. 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-23-000073. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe globally important human diseases of trench fever, epidemic typhus, and relapsing fever are vectored by the human louse Pediculus humanus humanus. Although these conditions are epidemically quiescent at present, they persist in socially dysfunctional situations of war, deprivation, and crowding. The taxonomically closely related head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, does not respect economic or social status and is quite common in most countries. The 2 types of lice are now recognized as conspecific ecotypes of a single species. Whil...
Source: Comparative Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Steven H Weisbroth Source Type: research
The Use of Rabbits Used to Propagate Human Lice for Research
Comp Med. 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-23-000073. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe globally important human diseases of trench fever, epidemic typhus, and relapsing fever are vectored by the human louse Pediculus humanus humanus. Although these conditions are epidemically quiescent at present, they persist in socially dysfunctional situations of war, deprivation, and crowding. The taxonomically closely related head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, does not respect economic or social status and is quite common in most countries. The 2 types of lice are now recognized as conspecific ecotypes of a single species. Whil...
Source: Comparative Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Steven H Weisbroth Source Type: research
The Use of Rabbits Used to Propagate Human Lice for Research
Comp Med. 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-23-000073. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe globally important human diseases of trench fever, epidemic typhus, and relapsing fever are vectored by the human louse Pediculus humanus humanus. Although these conditions are epidemically quiescent at present, they persist in socially dysfunctional situations of war, deprivation, and crowding. The taxonomically closely related head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, does not respect economic or social status and is quite common in most countries. The 2 types of lice are now recognized as conspecific ecotypes of a single species. Whil...
Source: Comparative Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Steven H Weisbroth Source Type: research
