Tag: Pediculosis

  • Lice (pediculosis)

    Lice (pediculosis)

    The pediculosis are benign and contagious parasitic diseases due to three species of lice specific to humans: head lice, body lice and pubic lice. Person transmission is by direct and indirect contact. Body lice are potential vectors of relapsing fever, typhus and trench fever. Clinical signs: – Head lice mainly affect children: itching and scratch…