lice

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These include scabies – caused by mites, lice and bed bugs.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

We get a clear-eyed look at disgust, a nearly universal human response to the likes of maggots, cockroaches, ticks, leeches, slugs and lice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Others do not, viewing the bots as sidewalk lice that create hazards and take jobs from humans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

W. H. Auden once wrote of a miserable Roman soldier guarding a cold, rain-soaked wall in northern Europe, mentioning "lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose."

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Every surface in the house probably has lice on it, the couch and chairs and Mrs. Grote.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline