Vanessa Mor of Oakland's Lice Control told CNET she's also seen an uptick in lice in teens and young adults.
Nancy Gordon, one of the founders of the National Association of Lice Treatment Professionals and CEO Lice Knowing You, Inc., says she has also seen a significant increase in lice among older children in the last three to four years -- something she says perplexes many parents of patients who have heard lice mainly affects children ages 3-12.
In art as in lice, itches have their place and scratches bring relief.
The tern had been covered in lice, which were now hopping over his face".
Yoshizawa, K. & Johnson, K. P. Morphology of male genitalia in lice and their relatives and phylogenetic implications.
"I was covered in lice and she was trying to clean me up," Ms. Sondike recalls, during an interview she gave in 2000 when she was 61.
Recent research from Scotland, Norway and Canada has demonstrated that the fish on farm sites are clustered in cages which have significant differences in lice abundance.
Cameron, S. L., Yoshizawa, K., Mizukoshi, A., Whiting, M. F. & Johnson, K. P. Mitochondrial genome deletions and minicircles are common in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).
Murrell, A. & Barker, S. C. Multiple origins of parasitism in lice: phylogenetic analysis of SSU rDNA indicates that the Phthiraptera and Psocoptera are not monophyletic.
The fact that multiple infections appear to be common advocates the need to study transmission mechanisms in lice strains carrying several viruses.
Dee Wright runs Hairforce, a company that tackles head lice by sending in "lice assassins" to vacuum and blast hair with hot air.
