The biology and taxonomy of head and body lice--implications for louse-borne disease prevention

Denise L Bonilla; Lance A Durden; Marina E Eremeeva; Gregory A Dasch

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003724

The biology and taxonomy of head and body lice--implications for louse-borne disease prevention

PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(11):e1003724. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003724. Epub 2013 Nov 14.

Authors

Denise L Bonilla¹, Lance A Durden, Marina E Eremeeva, Gregory A Dasch

Affiliation

¹ Vector-Borne Disease Section, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States of America.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Communicable Disease Control*
Communicable Diseases*
Humans
Insect Vectors* / classification
Insect Vectors* / immunology
Insect Vectors* / physiology
Pediculus* / classification
Pediculus* / microbiology
Pediculus* / physiology

Grants and funding

This work was partially supported by a Georgia Southern University Faculty Research Award (MEE and LAD) and Faculty Research Grant from the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (MEE). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.