{"title":"State of the Globe: Re-emergence of the Louse-borne Infections.","authors":"Suman Thakur, Vivek Chauhan","doi":"10.4103/jgid.jgid_98_22","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Human body louse is known to infest homeless people, jail inmates, alcoholics, people in refugee camps, institutional inhabitants, and historically, the troupes during the World Wars.[1] Louse infestation (pediculosis) is very contagious and is transmitted by close contact with humans and infested linen and clothes. In addition to the body louse, head and pubic louse also infest humans. Of the three types of lice, only body louse is known to transmit infections in humans.[2]","PeriodicalId":51581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9e/2b/JGID-14-45.PMC9336598.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Global Infectious Diseases","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_98_22","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2022/4/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INFECTIOUS DISEASES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Human body louse is known to infest homeless people, jail inmates, alcoholics, people in refugee camps, institutional inhabitants, and historically, the troupes during the World Wars.[1] Louse infestation (pediculosis) is very contagious and is transmitted by close contact with humans and infested linen and clothes. In addition to the body louse, head and pubic louse also infest humans. Of the three types of lice, only body louse is known to transmit infections in humans.[2]
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JGID encourages research, education and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Infectious Diseases across the world thus promoting translational research by striking a synergy between basic science, clinical medicine and public health. The Journal intends to bring together scientists and academicians in Infectious Diseases to promote translational synergy between Laboratory Science, Clinical Medicine and Public Health. The Journal invites Original Articles, Clinical Investigations, Epidemiological Analysis, Data Protocols, Case Reports, Clinical Photographs, review articles and special commentaries. Students, Residents, Academicians, Public Health experts and scientists are all encouraged to be a part of this initiative by contributing, reviewing and promoting scientific works and science.