TY - JOUR
T1 - Don't Be a Nit Wit; Know Your Lousy Companions!
AU - Mathison, Blaine A.
AU - Pritt, Bobbi S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/7/1
Y1 - 2022/7/1
N2 - Lice have been a burden on humans since antiquity. The species implicated in human infestations, the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis), body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus), and pubic louse (Pthirus pubis), are very well adapted to the human host and are readily transmissible between and among individuals. In addition to dermal reactions and social stigmas associated with louse infestations, the body lice are of additional medical and public health concern in the spreading of bacterial agents associated with louse-borne relapsing fever, epidemic typhus, and trench fever. In the United States, pthiriasis, caused by P. pubis, is classified as a sexually transmitted infection. In this review, we provide an update on the taxonomy, epidemiology, biology, evolution, clinical importance, treatment and control, diagnosis, and reporting of parasitic human lice.
AB - Lice have been a burden on humans since antiquity. The species implicated in human infestations, the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis), body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus), and pubic louse (Pthirus pubis), are very well adapted to the human host and are readily transmissible between and among individuals. In addition to dermal reactions and social stigmas associated with louse infestations, the body lice are of additional medical and public health concern in the spreading of bacterial agents associated with louse-borne relapsing fever, epidemic typhus, and trench fever. In the United States, pthiriasis, caused by P. pubis, is classified as a sexually transmitted infection. In this review, we provide an update on the taxonomy, epidemiology, biology, evolution, clinical importance, treatment and control, diagnosis, and reporting of parasitic human lice.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.06.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133245317
SN - 0196-4399
VL - 44
SP - 115
EP - 122
JO - Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
JF - Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
IS - 13
ER -