Head louse infestations (pediculosis) are prevalent worldwide. In developed countries, the infestation rate of 4- to 13-year-old children remains high despite preventive efforts. The presence of live ...

There was a time, at least 90 million years ago, when mammals might have been blissfully free of lice. But it wasn’t to last. An ancient mammalian ancestor of today’s elephants and elephant shrews ...

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WE wish to record the first known occurrence in the British Isles of Linognathus pedalis (Osborn), the foot louse of sheep. In June 1946 a heavy infestation of this parasite was reported by Mr. C. T.