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    Crab louse (redirect from Pthirus pubis)
    The crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually...
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    Pediculosis pubis (also known as "crabs" and "pubic lice") is an infestation by the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, a wingless insect which feeds on blood...
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    Pthirus is a genus of lice. There are only two extant species, and they are the sole known members of the family Pthiridae. Pthirus gorillae infests gorillas...
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    their entire life cycle on the host. Pthirus gorillae infests the same parts of the bodies of gorillas as Pthirus pubis does in humans, but since the gorilla...
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    genera, Pediculus and Pthirus: head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis), body lice (Pediculus humanus humanus), and pubic lice (Pthirus pubis). Human head and...
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    of clothing, and Pediculus humanus capitis, or the human head louse. Pthirus pubis (the human pubic louse) is the cause of the condition known as crabs...
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    distantly related species of hair-clinging louse, the pubic or crab louse (Pthirus pubis), also infests humans. It is morphologically different from the other...
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  • Body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus): causes pediculosis Crab louse (Pthirus pubis): causes phthiriasis Human botfly maggot (Dermatobia hominis): causes...
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    different story from that of the first edition. Autobiography of a Pthirus Pubis – a contemporary adaptation inspired by The Autobiography of a Flea...
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  • multiple myeloma "Crabs", a colloquial term for Pediculosis pubis Crab louse (Pthirus pubis), a type of parasitic louse Crab (cipher), an encryption algorithm...
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    head and body hair. By contrast, the human pubic louse Pthirus pubis is closely related to Pthirus gorillae, which infests gorillas. A 2017 study of gastrointestinal...
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    was nicknamed the "Platje" (English: "Little Flat One or Pubic Lice (Pthirus pubis)") because of its aerodynamic shape. The car caused a sensation at the...
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    known as "crabs" or "pubic lice" (Pthirus pubis). The infestation and accompanying inflammation is Pediculosis pubis Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) Trichomoniasis...
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  • activity and via sharing clothing or bedding Crab louse –Phthiriasis Pthirus pubis pubic area, eyelashes visual identification under magnification common...
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  • Pediculus humanus corporis Pediculosis corporis (Body lice) No Pthirus pubis Pediculosis pubis (pubic lice, crab lice) No multiple Pelvic inflammatory disease...
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  • Pediculus humanus Pediculus humanus capitis Pediculus humanus humanus Pthirus pubis Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Mecoptera Mecoptera is an insect...
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  • Species Common name Pediculus humanus capitis Head louse Pediculus humanus corporis Body louse Pthirus pubis Pubic louse, crab louse...
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    humanus capitis) Body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) Pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) Due to the low probability of a tick detaching and falling to the ground...
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