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- Head_louse abstract "The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans that causes pediculosis capitis. Head lice are wingless insects spending their entire life on the human scalp and feeding exclusively on human blood. Humans are the only known hosts of this specific parasite, while chimpanzees host a closely related species, Pediculus schaeffi. Other species of lice infest most orders of mammals and all orders of birds.Like all lice, head lice differ from other hematophagic ectoparasites such as the flea in that lice spend their entire life cycle on a host. Head lice cannot fly, and their short stumpy legs render them incapable of jumping, or even walking efficiently on flat surfaces.The non-disease-carrying head louse differs from the related disease-carrying body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) in preferring to attach eggs to scalp hair rather than to clothing. The two subspecies are morphologically almost identical but do not normally interbreed, although they will do so in laboratory conditions. From genetic studies, they are thought to have diverged as subspecies about 30,000–110,000 years ago, when many humans began to wear a significant amount of clothing. A much more distantly related species of hair-clinging louse, the pubic or crab louse (Pthirus pubis), also infests humans. It is visually different from the other two species and is much closer in appearance to the lice which infest other primates. Lice infestation of any part of the body is known as pediculosis.Head lice (especially in children) have been, and still are, subject to various eradication campaigns. Unlike body lice, head lice are not the vectors of any known diseases. Except for rare secondary infections that result from scratching at bites, head lice are harmless, and they have been regarded by some as essentially a cosmetic rather than a medical problem. It has even been suggested that head lice infestations might be beneficial in helping to foster a natural immune response against lice which helps humans in defense against the far more dangerous body louse, which is capable of transmission of dangerous diseases.".
- Head_louse class Insect.
- Head_louse family Body_louse.
- Head_louse genus Pediculus.
- Head_louse kingdom Animal.
- Head_louse order Louse.
- Head_louse phylum Arthropod.
- Head_louse species Pediculus_humanus.
- Head_louse synonym "Pediculus capitis (De Geer, 1767)".
- Head_louse thumbnail Male_human_head_louse.jpg?width=300.
- Head_louse wikiPageExternalLink hlinfo1.htm.
- Head_louse wikiPageExternalLink human_lice.htm.
- Head_louse wikiPageExternalLink lice.
- Head_louse wikiPageExternalLink lice.
- Head_louse wikiPageID "243916".
- Head_louse wikiPageLength "28213".
- Head_louse wikiPageOutDegree "99".
- Head_louse wikiPageRevisionID "683796438".
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Abdomen.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Alimentary_canal.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Anatomical_terms_of_location.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Anoplura.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Antenna_(biology).
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Anus.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod_leg.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Blood.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Body_lice.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Body_louse.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ectoparasites.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Category:Insects_described_in_1758.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lice.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Category:Parasites_of_humans.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Charles_De_Geer.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Chimpanzee.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Chitin.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Claw.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Compound_eye.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Copulation.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Crab_louse.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Delphinium.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Egg.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Egg_(biology).
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Embryo.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Eye.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Flea.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Genitalia.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Head.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Head_lice_infestation.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Hematophagia.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Hematophagic.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Hematophagy.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Hemimetabolism.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Hemimetabolous.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Host_(biology).
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Human.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Human_gastrointestinal_tract.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Humans.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Imago.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Immune.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Immunity_(medical).
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Insect.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Insect_leg.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Insects.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Instar.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Instars.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Institute_of_Food_and_Agricultural_Sciences.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Keratin.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Lice.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Lindane.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink List_of_parasites_(human).
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink List_of_parasites_of_humans.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Louse.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Mating.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Metamorphosis.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Moulting.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Mummy.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink New_World.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Nit.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Nitpicking.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Nymph_(biology).
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Obligate_parasite.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Old_World.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Oviparity.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Oviparous.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Oviposition.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Parasite.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Parasitism.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Parthenogenesis.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Pediculidae.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Pediculosis.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Pediculosis_capitis.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Pediculus.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Pediculus_humanus.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Pediculus_schaeffi.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Peru.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Phthiraptera.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Protein.
- Head_louse wikiPageWikiLink Scalp.