Human Body Louse (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Human Body Louse

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The human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus L., has been a witness to, and participant in, millions of years of human history.

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CDC Photo, Courtesy of Frank Collins, Ph.D.

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