lice

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These include scabies – caused by mites, lice and bed bugs.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

We get a clear-eyed look at disgust, a nearly universal human response to the likes of maggots, cockroaches, ticks, leeches, slugs and lice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025

She sees many children in her class who she thinks would probably be better off at home: “Kids with a lot of green and yellow mucus. We’ve had kids with active lice in school.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Now, like the other prisoners, his head had been shaved, probably to prevent lice.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo