Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2001 |
Authors: | H. N. Contreras, M. Garcia, I., E. Correa, V. |
Journal: | Revista cubana de medicina tropical |
Volume: | 53 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pagination: | 63 - 65 |
Date Published: | 2001 |
ISBN Number: | 0375-0760 |
Keywords: | adult, English Abstract, humans, lice infestations, Pthirus, scalp |
Abstract: | A case of lice infestation of the hair in a 24 year-old man was reported. After the entomological identification of adults and immature stages of the vector; it was confirmed that the only existing parasite was Phtihirus pubis Linnaeus 1758, a hematophagous insect that usually infests pubis, armpit, eyelids, and other parts of the body but is rarely found in the head. |
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