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Parasitic Lice

Parasitic Lice is a taxonomic construct in medical entomology that refers to a group of obligate, wingless ectoparasitic insects within the order Phthiraptera that are morphologically and behaviorally specialized for infesting mammalian and avian hosts, primarily feeding on blood, skin debris, or secretions.

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25.9K

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2K

Authors

730

Institutions

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2017–2026

105

Variants

Phthiraptera

Parents

Publications

742

Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects

Kevin P. Johnson, Chris H. Dietrich, Frank Friedrich et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 409 citations · Full text

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The Cost of Lice: Quantifying the Impacts of Parasitic Sea Lice on Farmed Salmon

Jay Abolofia, Frank Asche, James E. Wilen · Marine Resource Economics · 2017 · 306 citations · Full text

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Transmission dynamics of parasitic sea lice from farm to wild salmon

Martin Krkošek, Mark A. Lewis, John P. Volpe · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2005 · 284 citations · Full text

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Aspects of the biology of the parasitic copepods <i>Lepeophtheirus salmonis</i> and <i>Caligus elongatus</i> on farmed salmonids, and their treatment

R. Wootten, John W. Smith, E. A. Needham · Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section B Biological Sciences · 1982 · 265 citations

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Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice

David L. Reed, Jessica E. Light, Julie M. Allen et al. · BMC Biology · 2007 · 222 citations · Full text

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Authors

2K

  1. KP
    Kevin P. Johnson

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    27 publications · 1.7K citations

    20

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  2. DH
    Dale H. Clayton

    University of Utah, United States

    24 publications · 1.4K citations

    18

    h-index

  3. DR
    Didier Raoult

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    19 publications · 696 citations

    15

    h-index

  4. SE
    Sarah E. Bush

    University of Utah, United States

    15 publications · 535 citations

    13

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  5. MK
    Martin Krkošek

    University of Toronto, Canada

    16 publications · 1K citations

    13

    h-index

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Institutions

730

  1. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    18 h-index

    74 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    18 h-index

    64 publications

    4.6K citations

  3. Illinois Archaeological Survey

    Champaign, United States

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Norwegian Institute of Marine Research

    Bergen, Norway

    14 h-index

    54 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    13 h-index

    65 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    43 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Vancouver Coastal Health

    Vancouver, Canada

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 59 publications · 1.5K citations

    24

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  2. Parasitology Research

    23 publications · 822 citations

    19

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  3. PLoS ONE

    17 publications · 857 citations

    17

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  4. Journal of Parasitology

    26 publications · 687 citations

    17

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  5. Journal of Medical Entomology

    17 publications · 386 citations

    14

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