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Unlike head lice, body lice attach their eggs to the fibers of undergarments, particularly along inside seams and other areas of close body contact. A female body louse usually deposits 9-10 eggs per day, ... Although body lice can transmit certain disease organisms, ... Crab louse bites produce discrete, round slate-gray to...
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www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/lice.htm
www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/lice.htm
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The body louse is slightly larger than the head louse but has the same general appearance. Unlike the head louse, which lives on its human host, the body louse lives in clothing (commonly in the seamed areas) and then transfers to the human host to feed.
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www.emedicinehealth.com/lice/article_em.htm
www.emedicinehealth.com/lice/article_em.htm
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Two types of louse are adapted for living on man: the human louse, and the crab louse. The human louse occurs in two forms, the body louse and the head louse, and these are very similar to one another. In fact they can only be distinguished with certainty by their habits. ... Pediculus humanus; (The Human Body Louse)
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www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th5g.htm
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Relapsing fever is transmitted to humans by 2 vectors, ticks and lice. The human body louse, Pediculus humanus, is the specific vector (Pediculus pubis is ... This can produce a low-grade disseminated intravascular coagulation and thrombocytopenia. ... Neurologic findings are more common in louse-borne disease and include coma,
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/787000-overview
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Introduction - Identification - Biology - Symptoms of Louse Infestation - Disease Transmission - Management - Selected References ... The body louse is the vector of three human diseases -- epidemic or louse-borne typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazeki de Rocha-Lima; trench fever, caused by Rochalimaea quintana...
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entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/human_lice.htm
entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/human_lice.htm
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The human body louse, the natural vector of Rickettsia prowazekii, is able to experimentally transmit the normally flea-borne rickettsia R. typhi, suggesting that the relationships between the body louse and rickettsiae are ... In connection with the important role of the body louse as a vector of rickettsial disease,
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www.ajtmh.org/cgi/content/full/74/4/521
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The human body louse is currently recognized as a vector of Rickettsia prowazekii, ... The number of eggs produced by each louse group was recorded daily. Fisher’s exact test (Epi-Info version 6.0 software; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) was used to compare the fertility of each of the four louse groups.
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www.ajtmh.org/cgi/content/full/74/4/526
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Two kinds of Pediculus humanus are recognized: Pediculus humanus capitis (human head louse) and Pediculus humanus corporis (human body louse, human clothing louse). The question whether they represent two distinct species or are merely subspiecies of Pediculus humanus is still under dispute.
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www.metapathogen.com/lice/phumanus/
www.metapathogen.com/lice/phumanus/
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The body louse has been demonstrated to be the vector of three human pathogens: Rickettsia prowazekii, the agent of epidemic typhus; ... These primers were previously shown not to produce amplicons from A. ... data) and that the occurrence of body louse–transmitted disease occurs because causative bacteria (B. quintana,
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www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/eid/vol10no9/04-0242.htm
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