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

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

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

The list of diseases and their insect carriers, or vectors, includes typhus and body lice, plague and rat fleas, African sleeping sickness and tsetse flies, various fevers and ticks, and innumerable others.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson