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In feeding, the infected louse bows its head, pricks the skin with sharp stylets for bloodsucking, and meanwhile often excretes Rickettsiae on to the skin.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a victim scratches his itching louse bite, he is apt to infect himself by rubbing Rickettsiae into the scratch.

From Time Magazine Archive