Science news articles about 'head louse'

... insecticides," Hill said. The body louse is a close relative of the head louse, better known because ... believes information gleaned from the body louse genome will be useful for controlling head lice as well, which have begun ...

... head May Berenbaum and former graduate student Reed Johnson contributed to this effort. The body louse ... diseases such as typhus whereas its close relative, the head louse, does not. This study is helping explain ...

... and body lice are the same or different species. The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is a persistent ... genes expressed at every stage of the head and body louse life cycles. "We were interested in understanding ...