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- Body lice, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. More information here.
- Guidelines for the control of public health pests – lice, fleas, scabies, bird mites, bedbugs and ticks, General series No. 3: National Environmental Health Forum Monographs. Government of South Australia. More information here.
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