lice

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This suggests that immersion in hot water may interfere with lice activity or where they lay their eggs.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

The latter is transmitted by lice and produces alternating periods of fever and recovery.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025

One section demonstrates how it could be used to generate a letter about a head lice outbreak, for example.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

Hundreds of parasites have the ability to infect humans, including lice, mites and ticks.

From Salon • May 18, 2025

Another example of a correlation mistaken for a cause: In the New Hebrides Islands, body lice were considered a cause of good health.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos