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body louse
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body louse
n.
A parasitic louse that infests the body and clothes of humans.
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An experimental model of human body louse infection with Rickettsia prowazekii.
Rickettsia prowazekii and real-time polymerase chain reaction by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The role of the human body louse in the transmission of relapsing fever was reported by MacKie in 1907 (1).
Possibilities for relapsing fever reemergence by Cutler, Sally J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Humans are the reservoir of the bacterium (12), and the human body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, is its usual vector (1).
Bartonella quintana characteristics and clinical management by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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