The head louse (left) and body louse (right) differ in habits, habitat and in their ability to transmit disease, but a new genetic analysis indicates they are likely the same species. Disclaimer ...

Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MDMedically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis) are different ...

The Ronald J. Nordick Downtown Library in Oklahoma City reported an outbreak of body lice on Wednesday, April 23.According to ...

However a new study suggests that human body lice are more efficient at transmitting Yersinia pestis – the bacteria that causes the plague – than previously thought. The findings, published in ...

The word first appeared during World War I as soldiers’ slang for the painful body lice that infested the trenches. It went mainstream in 1919 when a Chicago company incorporated the pest into ...