| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Authors: | C. Hernández, Garcia, M. Isla, Correa, E. Vega |
| Journal: | Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical |
| Volume: | 53 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 63 - 67 |
| Date Published: | 2001 |
| Abstract: | A case of lice infestation of the hair in a 24 years-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. |
| URL: | http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/47015.pdf |
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