Abstract

HERNANDEZ CONTRERAS, Natividad; ISLA GARCIA, Mariela  and  VEGA CORREA, Esther. Infestación del cabello por Phthirus pubis (Anoplura: Pediculidae). Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2001, vol.53, n.1, pp.63-67. ISSN 0375-0760.

A case of lice infestation of the hair in a 24 years-old man was reported. After the entomological identification of adults and immature stages of the vector; it was confirmed that the only existing parasite was Phtihirus pubis Linnaeus 1758, a hematophagous insect that usually infests pubis, armpit, eyelids, and other parts of the body but is rarely found in the head.

Keywords : PHTHIRUS; HAIR; LICE INFESTATIONS [drug therapy].

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