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The Part played by Pediculus humanus in the Causation of Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

George H. F. Nuttall
Affiliation:
(From the Quick Laboratory, University of Cambridge.)

Extract

The term Pediculosis denotes the pathological condition brought about by infestation with Pediculus humanus, either the head or the body or both of these being affected. Pediculosis may lead directly or indirectly to secondary infections of various kinds. P. humanus (corporis and capitis) has been shown to be the carrier of two important diseases affecting man, namely typhus and relapsing fever.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1917

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The reader is referred to the Bibliography on pp.1 et seq.Google Scholar