Keyword

Phthiraptera

Description: An order of wingless, obligate parasitic insects, commonly known as lice, studied in insect taxonomy, evolution, and biology.

Primary topic: Bird parasitology and diseases (31%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q6481228

OpenAlex ID: keywords/lice

Invasions by Insect Vectors of Human Disease

2002 · L. Philip Lounibos · Annual Review of Entomology · 821

The ecology of ectoparasitic insects

1981 · Marshall, Adrian G. · Academic Press eBooks · 576

Parasitic Diseases of Wild Mammals

2001 · Wiley eBooks · 569

The chewing lice : world checklist and biological overview

2003 · Dale H. Clayton, Ronald A Hellenthal, et al. · Illinois Natural History Survey eBooks · 531

The Phylogeny of the Extant Hexapod Orders

2001 · Ward C. Wheeler, Michael Whiting, et al. · Cladistics · 503

Biology of disease vectors

2005 · William C. Marquardt · 463

Veterinary Ectoparasites: Biology, Pathology and Control

2001 · Richard Wall, David Shearer · Wiley eBooks · 364

Tangled trees : phylogeny, cospeciation, and coevolution

2003 · Roderic Page · 357

Rats, Lice and History

1935 · Hans Zinsser, Elizabeth Hard · The American Journal of the Medical Sciences · 347

Biology of blood-sucking insects

1992 · Choice Reviews Online · 340

The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: Health Impact after 8 Years

2008 · Eric A. Ottesen, Pamela J. Hooper, et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 326

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Scabies and Pediculosis

1989 · Lawrence Charles Parish, Joseph A. Witkowski · Sexually Transmitted Diseases · 321

Vector transmission of Bartonella species with emphasis on the potential for tick transmission

2008 · S. A. BILLETER, M. G. LEVY, et al. · Medical and Veterinary Entomology · 307

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Activity and biological effects of neem products against arthropods of medical and veterinary importance.

1999 · M S Mulla, T Su · PubMed · 303

Encyclopedia of Parasitology

2007 · Mehlhorn, Heinz · Springer eBooks · 268

Critical Evaluation of Five Methods for Quantifying Chewing Lice (insecta: Phthiraptera)

2001 · Dale H. Clayton, Devin M. Drown · Journal of Parasitology · 247

Slide-mounting of Lice: a Detailed Description of the Canada Balsam technique

1978 · Ricardo L. Palma · New Zealand Entomologist · 221

Numerous Gene Rearrangements in the Mitochondrial Genome of the Wallaby Louse, Heterodoxus macropus (Phthiraptera)

2001 · Renfu Shao, Nick J. H. Campbell, et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 192

Ectoparasite virulence is linked to mode of transmission

1994 · Dale H. Clayton, Daniel M. Tompkins · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 192

Aggression, Ectoparasitism, and Other Possible Costs of Prairie Dog (Sciuridae, Cynomys Spp.) Coloniality

1979 · John L. Hoogland · Behaviour · 186

Ivermectin in human medicine

1994 · Eric A. Ottesen, William Campbell · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 181

The Host‐associations of the lice of mammals

1949 · G. H. E. HOPKINS · Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London · 177

Multiple origins of parasitism in lice

2004 · Kevin P. Johnson, Kazunori Yoshizawa, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 175

Utility and Evolution of Cytochrome b in Insects

2001 · R.B. Simmons, S.J. Weller · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 168

Co‐phylogeography and comparative population genetics of the threatened Galápagos hawk and three ectoparasite species: ecology shapes population histories within parasite communities

2007 · NOAH K. WHITEMAN, REBECCA T. KIMBALL, et al. · Molecular Ecology · 166

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Citation count: 36,680