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- The crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually...
- laboratory. A much more distantly related species of hair-clinging louse, the pubic or crab louse (Pthirus pubis), also infests humans. It is morphologically...
- lice which infest humans, the other two being the head louse, and the crab louse or pubic louse. Body lice may lay eggs on the host hairs and clothing...
- Humans can also become infected with two other lice – the body louse and the crab louse. To make the diagnosis, live lice must be found. Using a comb can...
- species of louse—the head louse and the body louse are subspecies of Pediculus hum****; and the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis. The body louse has the smallest...
- Pediculosis pubis (also known as "crabs" and "pubic lice") is an infestation by the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, a wingless insect which feeds on blood...
- infestations (pthiriasis) are usually spread through ****ual contact. The crab louse can travel up to 10 inches on the body. Pubic lice infestation is found...
- hum**** capitis, or the human head louse. Pthirus pubis (the human pubic louse) is the cause of the condition known as crabs. These 15 families are generally...
- pubis (the crab louse) are the only known species that belong to the genus Pthirus, often incorrectly spelled as Phthirus (the Gr**** word for louse is phthir)...
- organisms that live primarily on the surface of the host. Examples: Scabies Crab louse (pubic lice) Pediculosis (head lice) Gamasoidosis (avian mites) Lernaeocera...