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Caption:
This montage of some parasitic arthropods includes a head louse, Pediculus humanus var. capitis, a pubic louse, Pediculus humanus var. pubis, a kissing bug, Triatoma infestans, and a bedbug, Cimex lectularius.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Herman Sander
Creation Date: 1963
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Biological Sciences
Environment and Public Health
Public Health
Disease Transmission
Disease Vectors
Diseases
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Infection
Communicable Diseases
Parasitic Diseases
Ectoparasitic Infestations
Lice Infestations
Protozoan Infections
Sarcomastigophora Infections
Mastigophora Infections
Trypanosomiasis
Chagas Disease
Skin Diseases, Parasitic
Lice Infestations
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Pathologic Processes
Disease
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Skin Diseases
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Skin Diseases, Parasitic
Lice Infestations
Organisms
Animals
Invertebrates
Arthropods
Insects
Hemiptera
Heteroptera
Cimicidae
Bedbugs
Reduviidae
Triatominae
Triatoma
Lice
Anoplura
Pediculus
Phthirus
Protozoa
Sarcomastigophora
Mastigophora
Zoomastigophora
Kinetoplastida
Trypanosomatina
Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma cruzi
Physical Sciences
Natural Sciences
Science
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