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Pediculosis
[Pediculus humanus capitis] [Pediculus humanus humanus]

Eggs (nits) of head and body lice.

Pediculus humanus capitis nit Pediculus humanus capitis nit
A B

A: Egg ('nit') of P. humanus capitis, with a first-instar nymph starting to hatch out.
B: Empty shell of the nit in Figure A, the nymph having left.

 

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