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Infect Genet Evol 2019 Feb 12;70:1-8. Epub 2019 Feb 12.

Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France. Electronic address:

Pediculus humanus is an obligate and highly intimate bloodsucking insect parasite of humans that has two ecotypes, head louse and body louse. This study analyzed genetic diversity at three mitochondrial genes (cytochrome b [cytb], cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 [cox1] and 12S ribosomal RNA [12S]) in 98 head lice collected from an isolated Native American population from the Wayampi community in Trois-Sauts, French Guiana. These results are integrated with all prior data of P. Read More

J Insect Physiol 2019 Feb 5;114:1-9. Epub 2019 Feb 5.

Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address:

Most insects have a peritrophic membrane (matrix) (PM) surrounding the food bolus. This structure, similarly to the cuticle, is mainly composed of chitin and proteins. The main proteins forming PM are known as peritrophins (PMP), whereas some of the cuticle proteins are the cuticle proteins analogous to peritrophins (CPAP). Read More

Zookeys 2019 24(819):301-310. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada University of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada.

There are approximately 463 species of parasitic lice recorded in Canada, in three suborders: Amblycera, six families; Ischnocera, two families; Anoplura, eight families. At least an additional 361 species may eventually be recorded based on presence of suitable hosts and proximity to known distributions. Approximately 41 species are introduced non-native species. Read More

Zookeys 2019 24(819):295-299. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Fylkesmannen i Sogn og Fjordane, Njøsavegen 2, NO-6863 Leikanger, Norway Fylkesmannen i Sogn og Fjordane Leikanger Norway.

At present, 108 species of Psocoptera are known from Canada, an increase of 50% from the known fauna reported in 1979. Of these, 56 have been barcoded, representing 162 Barcode Identification Numbers (BINs). An additional 67 species are expected to occur in Canada but remain undiscovered or undescribed, meaning that only 62% of the fauna is currently documented. Read More

Int J Adolesc Med Health 2019 Jan 26. Epub 2019 Jan 26.

Health Science Research Center, School of Public Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran.

Introduction Head lice infestation is one of the main public health problems worldwide and a sanitary, cultural and economic indicator for communities' health. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of head lice infestation among female primary school children in selected districts of Mazandaran Province, Iran. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 3033 female school children were recruited using the consensus method. Read More

J Vet Med Sci 2019 Jan 23. Epub 2019 Jan 23.

Division of Collaboration and Education, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control.

Ticks transmit a wide range of viral, bacterial, and protozoal pathogens, which are often zoonotic. Several novel tick-borne viral pathogens have been reported during the past few years. The aim of this study was to investigate a diversity of tick viral populations, which may contain as-yet unidentified viruses, using a combination of high throughput pyrosequencing and Batch Learning Self-Organizing Map (BLSOM) program, which enables phylogenetic estimation based on the similarity of oligonucleotide frequencies. Read More

PLoS One 2019 22;14(1):e0211080. Epub 2019 Jan 22.

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Large numbers of lumpfish are produced for the Norwegian salmon industry and are used to combat sea lice infestations. Periodically high mortality of farmed lumpfish demonstrates the need to improve farming conditions and animal welfare. As part of such efforts, the present work tested the efficacy of three anaesthetic chemicals on lumpfish fries (average weight of 0. Read More

Parasite Epidemiol Control 2019 Feb 28;4:e00079. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

Parasitology Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.

In Nigeria, dogs are the common companions in many households and, harbor wide range of ectoparasites of severe zoonotic potentials. A cross sectional survey was conducted to examine the prevalence, intensity and risk factors of ectoparasite infestation among the owned dogs in Kwara state, Nigeria. A total of 333 dogs were screened for ectoparasites, and questionnaires were applied to obtain information regarding; age, sex, breeds, coat colour and management practices by dog owners. Read More

Int J Parasitol 2019 Jan 17. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, 3010 Victoria, Australia.

Marine ecosystems are beset by disease outbreaks, and efficient strategies to control dispersal of pathogens are scarce. We tested whether introducing no-farming areas or 'firebreaks' could disconnect dispersal networks of a parasitic disease affecting the world's largest marine fish farming industry (∼1000 farms). Larval salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) are released from and transported among salmon farms by ocean currents, creating inter-farm networks of louse dispersal. Read More

NASN Sch Nurse 2019 Mar 18;34(2):118-123. Epub 2019 Jan 18.

Co-Chair, School Nurse Administrator Special Interest Group, Cedar Rapids, IA.

Over the past 25 years, the roles of school nurses have been both expanding and specializing in public and non-public school settings. To help meet the ever-changing and demanding challenges that specialized school nurses encounter in their unique settings, NASN embraced the idea that school nurses need a way to connect with colleagues working in similar practices. Thus, special interest groups (SIGs) were established, and the SIGs have become an integral part of NASN. Read More

Zootaxa 2018 Nov 29;4526(2):101-126. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada..

A catalogue is provided for the name-bearing types of most of the less diverse arthropod groups deposited in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids Nematodes (CNC). There are 90 name-bearing types of Myriapoda [Chilopoda (3 types), Diplopoda (2)], Arachnida [Pseudoscorpiones (1)], and Insecta [Blattodea (1), Dermaptera (1), Notoptera (3), Mecoptera (3), Megaloptera (2), Neuroptera (11), Odonata (2), Orthoptera (5), Phthiraptera (2), Psocoptera (10), Raphidioptera (1) and Siphonaptera (43)]. Three myriapod syntypes are represented by an unknown number of specimens. Read More

PLoS One 2019 16;14(1):e0209178. Epub 2019 Jan 16.

Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Maine, Hitchner Hall, Orono, Maine, United States of America.

The role of parasitic sea lice (Siphonostomatoida; Caligidae), especially Lepeophtheirus salmonis, in the epidemiology of Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAv) has long been suspected. The epidemiological studies conducted during the 1998 major Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) outbreak in Scotland demonstrated a strong correlation between sea lice presence and ISAv positive sites or subsequent clinical outbreaks of ISA. The question posed from this observation was "do sea lice infestations on Atlantic salmon make them more susceptible to viral infections?" This study investigated the role that sea lice infestations have on the severity of ISAv infections and disease mortality in experimental populations of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Read More

Zootaxa 2019 Jan 9;4543(4):451-497. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

The chewing louse subgenus Cicchinella new subgenus is erected and described for species of Guimaraesiella Eichler, 1949, parasitizing Old World babblers (Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Timaliidae). The subgenus is divided into three species groups based on chaetotaxy, head and genitalia of both sexes. Two species are redescribed: Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) sehri (Ansari, 1955) from Trochalopteron lineatum lineatum (Vigors, 1831) and T. Read More

J Fish Dis 2019 Mar 15;42(3):357-369. Epub 2019 Jan 15.

Institute of Aquaculture, Universidad Austral de Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile.

Caligus rogercresseyi generates the greatest losses in the salmon industry in Chile. The relationship between salmon farming and sea lice is made up of various components: the parasite, host, environment and farming practices, which make it difficult to identify patterns in parasite population dynamics to define prevention and control strategies. The objectives of this study were to analyse and compare the effect of farming, sanitary practices and environmental variables on the abundance of gravid females (GF) and juveniles (JUV) of C. Read More

Sci Rep 2019 Jan 10;9(1):48. Epub 2019 Jan 10.

School of Systems Biomedical Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, Republic of Korea.

Human head and body lice attach their eggs respectively to human hair or clothing by female lice secreted glue that hardens into a nit sheath that protects the egg. In this study, a series of experiments were conducted to characterize the glue-like material of the nit sheath. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy on embryo-cleared nit showed proteinaceous amide I bands. Read More

Zookeys 2018 31(811):91-108. Epub 2018 Dec 31.

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland Mail Centre 1142, New Zealand The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited Auckland New Zealand.

An annotated checklist of the psyllids of the Cook Islands is presented. The presence of (Klyver, 1932) and Klyver, 1932 in the archipelago, based on new material collected, is reported for the first time. This is the first record from these islands of the genus and the family Liviidae. Read More

FP Essent 2019 Jan;476:18-24

University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069.

Bedbugs, mites, and scabies are ectoparasites that commonly affect humans. Bedbugs ( species) were once rare in the United States but are now common. They cause intensely pruritic lesions on areas of exposed skin. Read More

Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2018 Dec 20;65. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Seven new species of chewing lice in the genus Resartor Gustafsson et Bush, 2017 are described and illustrated. They are: Resartor albofulvus sp. n. Read More

Mol Ecol 2018 Dec 27. Epub 2018 Dec 27.

Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, 50614-0421.

Understanding the genetic consequences of changes in species distributions has wide-ranging implications for predicting future outcomes of climate change, for protecting threatened or endangered populations, and for understanding the history that has led to current genetic patterns within species. Herein, we examine the genetic consequences of range expansion over a 25-year period in a parasite (Geomydoecus aurei) that is in the process of expanding its geographic range via invasion of a novel host. By sampling the genetics of 1,935 G. Read More

PLoS One 2018 26;13(12):e0209949. Epub 2018 Dec 26.

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Nursing 2019 Jan;49(1):40-43

Myles Thomas Quail is an RN for surveillance at the Massachusetts Bureau of Environmental Health in Boston, Mass.

Nurses may see patients who have recently returned from tropical vacations complaining of a severe pruritic dermatitis known as seabather's eruption (SBE). Caused by exposure to jellyfish larvae, SBE is characterized by a pruritic rash, but some patients, particularly children, experience systemic signs and symptoms such as fever, chills, and nausea/vomiting. This article discusses SBE and reviews assessment tips, nursing care, and patient teaching. Read More

Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 Dec 21;16(1). Epub 2018 Dec 21.

University of Applied Sciences and Arts HAWK, Faculty N, Von-Ossietzky-Strasse 99/100, 37085 Göttingen, Germany.

Pediculosis, that is the infestation of humans with (head lice), poses a worldwide problem that is as old as mankind itself. Over the centuries, man has developed a variety of remedies, all of which have ultimately culminated in the use of chemical agents. Some of these remedies are known to produce successful results. Read More

Sci Total Environ 2019 Mar 15;655:1409-1419. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway.

Veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) are widely used within the fish farming industry to control sea lice infestations. There is concern that wild and farmed mussels in the vicinity to these fish farms may be exposed and subsequently bioaccumulate these chemicals, which could pose a threat to human health. To understand the fate of these chemicals in the environment, controlled laboratory exposures were performed to establish the uptake and depuration of selected VMPs in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis). Read More

Chem Sci 2018 Nov 10;9(42):8035-8045. Epub 2018 Sep 10.

EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of St. Andrews , North Haugh, St. Andrews , KY16 9ST , UK, E-mail:

A series of rare earth complexes of the form Ln(L) supported by bidentate -aryloxide-NHC ligands are reported (L = 2-O-3,5-Bu-CH(1-C{N(CH)N(R)})); R = Pr, Bu, Mes; Ln = Ce, Sm, Eu). The cerium complexes cleanly and quantitatively insert carbon dioxide exclusively into all three cerium carbene bonds, forming Ce(L·CO). The insertion is reversible only for the mesityl-substituted complex Ce(L). Read More

J Aquat Anim Health 2018 Dec 19. Epub 2018 Dec 19.

Fisheries and Ocean Canada, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9T 6N7, Canada.

The salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis, a type of sea lice (family Caligidae), is enzootic in marine waters of British Columbia and poses a health risk to both farmed Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar and wild Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. At the adult stage, sea lice infections can often result in severe cutaneous lesions in their salmonid hosts. To evaluate and compare the physiological consequences of adult L. Read More

Vet Dermatol 2018 Dec 17. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Centro Universitario UAEM Amecameca, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Km. 2.5 Carretera Amecameca-Ayapango, 56900, Amecameca de Juárez, México.

Background: Ectoparasitism of ornamental birds, including captive species kept in zoos, represents a serious health problem. Up to 13 different species of lice have been reported to affect peacocks worldwide and heavy infestation may cause anaemia. Because of this, alternatives to the prevailing treatments have been sought including use of isoxazolines. Read More

Semergen 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.

Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa / CAP Valldoreix, Terrassa, España. Electronic address:

Head lice is a common condition, and it causes great concern in parents of the affected child. Resistance to the most common treatment has been reported recently, due to an indiscriminate use. A review is presented on this condition and its available treatments. Read More

Int J Dermatol 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.

Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.

Background: Pediculosis capitis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that receives little attention in countries where it continues to be endemic. This study aimed to understand the impact of Pediculus humanus capitis infestations in the lives of Honduran children living in extreme poverty.

Methods: A qualitative study on head lice infestation was conducted in June 2016 in a rural community in Honduras. Read More

Parasitol Int 2019 Apr 8;69:82-92. Epub 2018 Dec 8.

Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.

Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a member of the branchiuran family Argulidae, a group comprising parasitic "fish lice". A. foliaceus is distributed worldwide and causes major economic impacts for cultured freshwater fish globally. Read More

Arch Virol 2018 Dec 7. Epub 2018 Dec 7.

Sea Lice Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgt. 55, Pb. 7803, 5020, Bergen, Norway.

The complete genome sequence of a novel mononegavirus, Lepeophtheirus salmonis negative-stranded RNA virus 1 (LsNSRV-1), obtained from a salmonid ectoparasite, Lepeophtheirus salmonis was determined. The viral genome contains five open reading frames encoding three unknown proteins (ORF I, II and III), a putative glycoprotein (G), and a large (L) protein. Phylogenetic analysis placed LsNSRV-1 in the recently established mononegaviral family Artoviridae. Read More

Parasitology 2018 Dec 10:1-7. Epub 2018 Dec 10.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Section, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading,Reading, RG6 6AS,UK.

Despite the common association of human lice with abandoned or neglected people, no procedure to assess pediculosis, aimed to detect signs of neglect, exists. Investigating the two most common forms of head louse infestation, regular and severe, we define lice-markers of neglect and develop a protocol and survey form to record and assess pediculosis. The study of head lice from a deceased victim of neglect helped unravel time-length since death, frequency of exposure to neglect and the cause and circumstances related to the death. Read More

Epilepsy Behav 2019 Jan 3;90:79-83. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

'Sapienza' University of Rome, Human Neuroscience Department, Rome, Italy.

We investigated the online behavior of Internet users consulting the website of the Italian Chapter of the International League Against Epilepsy (Lega Italiana Contro l'Epilessia [LICE]). We obtained the visualization statistics of the LICE website using AWStats (https://awstats.sourceforge. Read More

Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) 2018 Nov 30. Epub 2018 Nov 30.

Adriaens Consulting, Bellemdorpweg 95, 9881, Bellem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Introduction: Silicones (e.g., dimethicone) are effective and safe alternatives to insecticides for the treatment of head lice. Read More

PeerJ 2018 20;6:e5974. Epub 2018 Nov 20.

Department of Biosciences, Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

Demand for lumpfish () has increased exponentially over the last decade, both for their roe, which is used as a caviar substitute, and increasingly also as cleaner fish to control sea lice in salmon farming. The species is classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN and there are growing concerns that over-exploitation of wild stocks and translocation of hatchery-reared lumpfish may compromise the genetic diversity of native populations. We carried out a comparative analysis of genetic and phenotypic variation across the species' range to estimate the level of genetic and phenotypic differentiation, and determined patterns of gene flow at spatial scales relevant to management. Read More

Parasit Vectors 2018 Nov 29;11(1):609. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

Department of Health Management, University of PEI, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4P3, Canada.

Background: The causal relation between parasitic sea lice on fish farms and sea lice on wild fish is a controversial subject. A specific scientific debate has been whether the statistical association between infestation pressure (IP) from fish farms and the number of parasites observed on wild sea trout emerges purely because of a confounding and direct effect of temperature (T).

Methods: We studied the associations between louse infestation on wild sea trout, fish farm activity and temperature in an area that practices coordinated fallowing in Nordhordland, Norway. Read More

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018 12 26;115(50):12775-12780. Epub 2018 Nov 26.

Systematic Entomology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589 Japan.

Hemipteroid insects (Paraneoptera), with over 10% of all known insect diversity, are a major component of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Previous phylogenetic analyses have not consistently resolved the relationships among major hemipteroid lineages. We provide maximum likelihood-based phylogenomic analyses of a taxonomically comprehensive dataset comprising sequences of 2,395 single-copy, protein-coding genes for 193 samples of hemipteroid insects and outgroups. Read More

Curr Biol 2018 Dec 15;28(23):3864-3870.e4. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address:

Diverse selfish genetic elements have evolved the ability to manipulate reproduction to increase their transmission, and this can result in highly distorted sex ratios [1]. Indeed, one of the major explanations for why sex determination systems are so dynamic is because they are shaped by ongoing coevolutionary arms races between sex-ratio-distorting elements and the rest of the genome [2]. Here, we use genetic crosses and genome analysis to describe an unusual sex ratio distortion with striking consequences on genome organization in a booklouse species, Liposcelis sp. Read More

Parasit Vectors 2018 Nov 14;11(1):593. Epub 2018 Nov 14.

Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.

Background: Ixodes scapularis organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) play important roles in tick-rickettsial pathogen interactions. In this report, we characterized the role of these conserved molecules in ticks infected with either Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi or tick-borne Langat virus (LGTV), a pathogen closely related to tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV).

Results: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed no significant changes in oatps gene expression upon infection with B. Read More

Mol Ecol 2018 Dec 18;27(24):5104-5119. Epub 2018 Dec 18.

Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois.

Parasite dispersal can shape host-parasite interactions at both deep and shallow timescales. One approach to understanding the effects of dispersal is to study parasite lineages that differ in dispersal capability but are from the same group of hosts. In this study, we compared phylogenetic and population genetic patterns of wing and body lice from ground-doves. Read More

Front Vet Sci 2018 30;5:269. Epub 2018 Oct 30.

Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.

Connectivity in an aquatic setting is determined by a combination of hydrodynamic circulation and the biology of the organisms driving linkages. These complex processes can be simulated in coupled biological-physical models. The physical model refers to an underlying circulation model defined by spatially-explicit nodes, often incorporating a particle-tracking model. Read More

Korean J Parasitol 2018 Oct 31;56(5):487-489. Epub 2018 Oct 31.

Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, I.R.C.C.S. Foundation, Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.

Phthirus pubis usually infests the pubis, groin, buttocks and perianal region. It can sometimes infest the thighs, abdomen, chest, axillae and beard. Eyelashes and eyebrows may be involved in children. Read More

New Microbes New Infect 2018 Nov 30;26:S31-S36. Epub 2018 Aug 30.

IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.

Arthropod vectors can transmit pathogenic microorganisms from one vertebrate to another during their blood meal. Although some vector-borne diseases have been eradicated in the Mediterranean area, such as malaria and dengue, recent endemic microorganisms (Toscana virus, spp.) remain neglected even though they cause many more cases. Read More

Ecol Evol 2018 Oct 3;8(20):10008-10022. Epub 2018 Oct 3.

Biology Centre CAS Institute of Parasitology České Budějovice Czech Republic.

A degree of host specificity, manifested by the processes of host-parasite cospeciations and host switches, is assumed to be a major determinant of parasites' evolution. To understand these patterns and formulate appropriate ecological hypotheses, we need better insight into the coevolutionary processes at the intraspecific level, including the maintenance of genetic diversity and population structure of parasites and their hosts. Here, we address these questions by analyzing large-scale molecular data on the louse and its hosts, mice of the genus , across a broad range of European localities. Read More

Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 2018 08 8;26:1-13. Epub 2018 May 8.

Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research, Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada.

Synthetic pyrethroids have been widely used in Chile to control the sea lice Caligus rogercresseyi, a major ectoparasite of farmed salmon. Although resistance of C. rogercresseyi to pyrethroids has been reported in Chile, there is no information regarding the geographic extent of this problem. Read More

Acta Trop 2019 Feb 29;190:22-27. Epub 2018 Oct 29.

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Little information is available about the chewing lice of wild birds of Egypt, including common groups such as pigeons and doves (Columbiformes). Through this work, parasitic chewing lice of common columbiformes of Egypt were revised including new data. Three species of pigeons and doves (Streptopelia decaocto Frivaldszky 1838, Spilopelia senegalensis Linnaeus 1766 and Columba livia Gmelin 1789) were examined for chewing lice at three different localities. Read More

Parasit Vectors 2018 Oct 30;11(1):570. Epub 2018 Oct 30.

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Sea Lice Research Centre, Postboks 369 Sentrum, Oslo, NO-0102, Norway.

Background: Control of the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi in the Chilean salmonid industry is reliant on chemical treatments. Azamethiphos was introduced in 2013, although other organophosphates were previously used. In 2014, reduced sensitivity to azamethiphos was detected in the Los Lagos Region using bioassays. Read More

APMIS 2018 Nov;126(11):831-837

Independent Researcher, Barcelona, Spain.

During World War I, a mysterious new disease affected soldiers on both sides of battle field. The first reports described a relapsing fever of unknown origin with body lice being suggested as the vector. The outbreak affected >1 000 000 people, mostly soldiers fighting in front-line trenches. Read More

J Appl Toxicol 2018 Oct 21. Epub 2018 Oct 21.

Institute of Marine Research, Nordnes, 5817, Bergen, Norway.

The benzoylurea chitin synthesis inhibitor teflubenzuron, widely used against sea lice in North Atlantic aquaculture, may pose an environmental threat to non-targeted crustaceans. In this experiment, laboratory acclimated pink shrimp (Pandalus montagui), a species found in fjords with Atlantic salmon farming, were exposed to dietary teflubenzuron for 46 days (control; low dose: 0.01 μg/g; high dose: 0. Read More

Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2019 Jan 13;227:123-133. Epub 2018 Oct 13.

Sea Lice Research Centre, Institute of Marine Research, P.O.Box 1870, Nordnes 5817, Norway. Electronic address:

Animals with exoskeleton need to molt to grow and develop. Molting is well described in some arthropods especially insects. Chitin is a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, and one of the major components of the exoskeleton of arthropods. Read More

Zootaxa 2018 Aug 7;4457(1):1-38. Epub 2018 Aug 7.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, 4001Basel, Switzerland..

A checklist comprising information on taxonomy, distribution and host plants is provided for 161 species of jumping plant-lice from the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) based on published records and museum material. In addition there are 15 species recorded in the literature which are identified to genus only. Museum material provides eight new country and two new state (within India) records. Read More