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Contact: Lee Siegel
leesiegel@ucomm.utah.edu
801-581-8993
University of Utah
Caption: A head louse -- Pediculus humanus capitus -- is shown in this image from a scanning electron microscope. University of Utah biologists have invented a device, named the LouseBuster, that uses dry, hot air to eliminate head louse infestations that plague millions of school children.
Credit: Courtesy of Vincent S. Smith, the Natural History Museum, London
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