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The biology of the body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis: Anoplura) under experimental conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. A. Buxton
P. A. Buxton
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
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The precise biology of the body louse under experimental conditions is a subject not sufficiently explored. At present we need quantitative information about the possible rate of increase of the insect: we must also know about the normal biology in studying insecticides. The present moment is therefore an appropriate one for publishing certain experiments which have occupied a part of my time for the last 4 years.

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Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , August 1940 , pp. 303 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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