PREHISTORICAL Pediculus humanus capitis INFESTATION: QUANTITATIVE DATA AND LOW VACUUM SCANNING MICROSCOPY

PREHISTORICAL Pediculus humanus capitis INFESTATION: QUANTITATIVE DATA AND LOW VACUUM SCANNING MICROSCOPY

A pre-Columbian Peruvian scalp was examined decades ago by a researcher from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Professor Olympio da Fonseca Filho described nits and adult lice attached to hair shafts and commented about the origin of head lice infestations on mankind. This same scalp was sent to our labo...

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Main Authors: Juliana M.F. Dutra, Arthur Daniel Alves, Thaila Pessanha, Rachel Rachid, Wanderley de Souza, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Sheila Mendonça de Souza, Adauto Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Pediculus humanus
Head lice
Paleoparasitology
Human hair
Parasitism
Evolution
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