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Infestation with Anoplura—Lice

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Arthropods and Human Skin

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The two genera of Anoplura or sucking lice, Pediculus and Pthirus, are obligatory parasites of man. [Pthirus is the correct zoological name for the pubic louse, because a misprint was inadvertently accepted by the International Committee of Zoological Nomenclature (Maunder 1983b). Nevertheless, infestation with pubic lice is correctly spelled phthiriasis according to the Oxford English Dictionary.]

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    John O’Donel Alexander MB, ChB, FRCP (Glasgow) (Emeritus Consultant Dermatologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Lately Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Dermatology)

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O’Donel Alexander, J. (1984). Infestation with Anoplura—Lice. In: Arthropods and Human Skin. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1356-0_5

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