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© 1983 Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom

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Maintenance of the crab louse, Pthirus pubis, in the laboratory and behavioural studies using volunteers


Ian Burgess
John W. Maunder
Tin Than Myint

Skin Entomology Unit, London School of Hygiene * Tropical Medicine
Ministry of Health Rangoon, Burma

Infections with crab lice (Pthirus pubis) remain common and may be increasing. These are difficult insects to maintain in captivity and in consequence their behaviour has been poorly studied. We were able to breed them in semi-natural conditions and obtained enough to be able to study their behaviour during the twenty-four hours following being released onto a volunteer. The results indicated that they are a more mobile insect than was previously thought and this finding has influenced our beliefs concerning their transference between hosts.


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