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The prevalence of pediculosis capitis in Malaysia was found to be high. A survey of 308,101 primary school children in Peninsular Malaysia conducted in 1979 by the School Health Services, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, revealed that 10.7% of children were infested with Pediculus humanus capitis. 10 In.
Perhaps the most widely known cultural reference to pediculosis capitis, occurring in a noted poem by Robert Burns. Other animals Edit Lice infestation in general is known as pediculosis, and occurs in many mammalian and bird species. (37).
Pediculosis is an infestation of lice (blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects of the order Phthiraptera). The condition can occur in almost any species of warm-blooded animal (i.e. mammals and birds), including humans. Although pediculosis in humans may properly refer to lice infestation of any part of the body, the term is sometimes used loosely to refer to pediculosis capitis, the infestation.
At present they are probably best referred to under one name, Pediculus humanus, but if separated subspecifically they must be called Pediculus humanus humanus (the body louse) and Pediculus h. capitis (the head louse).
Pediculus humanus is found on the bodies of humans. Whether this organism is found on the head or the body of the human, greatly depends on the sub-species. These two species include Pediculus humanus corpis, body louse, and Pediculus humanus capitis, found on the human head. It is most common to find lice on the human head, along the scalp.
The human body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis is the primary vector of the bacterial agents of louse-borne relapsing fever, trench fever, and epidemic typhus. Epidemic typhus, one of the most significant historical diseases of humans, is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, a category B bioterrorism agent that can cause persistent human infection. Besides its notoriety as the agent of the.
Louse (plural: lice) is the common name for members of the order Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless insect.Lice are obligate parasites, living externally on warm-blooded hosts which include every species of bird and mammal, except for monotremes, pangolins, and bats.Lice are vectors of diseases such as typhus. Chewing lice live among the hairs or feathers of their.