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So happy together: juvenile crabeater seal behavior improves lice transmission
(Springer, 2020-05)
Lice from family Echinophthiriidae are of the few insects that have successfully colonized marine environment living as ectoparasites of pinnipeds, i.e., sea lions, seals, and the walrus. They have developed unique adaptations ...
Human lice show photopositive behaviour to white light
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2011-10)
We studied the behavioural response of body lice and head lice to white light. We also evaluated the influence of starvation and the presence of other individuals on this response. Experiments were performed in a rectangular ...
Epidemiological description of the sea lice (Caligus rogercresseyi) situation in southern Chile in August 2007
(2012)
Salmon sea lice represent one of the most important threats to salmon farming throughout the world. Results of private monitoring efforts have shown an increase in the number of positive cages and cage-level abundance of ...
Quantitative genetic basis for resistance to Caligus rogercresseyi sea lice in a breeding population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
(Elsevier, 2012)
A total of 1511 Atlantic salmon smolts representing 75 full-sib and 40 half-sib families from the Antares
S.A. breeding programwere challengedwith Caligus rogercresseyi in order to assess the quantitative genetic ...
Type specimens of lice (Insecta : Phthiraptera) held in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
(Universidade de São Paulo. Museu de Zoologia, 2017)
First Determination of Pyrethroid Knockdown Resistance Alleles in Human Head Lice (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) from Chile
(Entomological Society of America, 2019-06)
The infestation with the human ectoparasite, Pediculus humanus capitis (De Geer), is a common public health problem affecting schoolchildren worldwide. In Chile, the main active ingredients present in the over-the-counter ...
Head Lice Recognize and Prefer Head Odor over Foot and Forearms Odors
(Entomological Society of America, 2019-09)
Human head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae), are hematophagous parasites that infest human heads. They are extreme host specialists suggesting a strict selection behavior towards the human ...
Head lice were also affected by COVID-19: a decrease on Pediculosis infestation during lockdown in Buenos Aires
(Springer, 2021-01-06)
Pediculosis is a worldwide disease affecting school-aged children produced by the presence of the head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, an obligate ectoparasite on the human scalp feeding exclusively on blood. ...