@article {142,
	title = {Susceptibility of the human head and body louse, Pediculus humanus (Anoplura, Pediculidae) to insecticides},
	journal = {Insect Science and Its Application},
	volume = {11},
	year = {1990},
	month = {1990},
	pages = {223 - 226},
	abstract = {The susceptibility of head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis collected from children in Isreal and that of a laboratory colony of body lice, Pediculus humanus humanus to the insecticides malathion, deltamethrin, permethrin, fenitrothion and dieldrin has been evaluated using standard WHO papers. The LT50 and LT95 were established using different exposure times. Deltamethrin had the highest "knock-down" effect, followed by permethrin and malathion. All insecticides except dieldrin gave higher mortality for body lice than for head lice. No differences in the susceptibility between adult and nymph lice could be observed.},
	keywords = {base line, human, insecticide, lice, pdf, Pediculus humanus, susceptibility},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/38303.pdf},
	author = {Mumcuoglu,Kosta Y. and Miller,Jacqueline and Galun,Rachel}
}
@article {108,
	title = {Partial characterization and post-feeding activity of midgut aminopeptidase in the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus},
	journal = {Physiological Entomology},
	volume = {23},
	year = {1998},
	month = {1998},
	pages = {382 - 387},
	abstract = {A leucine aminopeptidase was found in the midgut of the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus L. (Anoplura: Pediculidae). The enzyme is activated by the bloodmeal with a pH optimum at 8. The enzyme is soluble in both. aqueous and detergent-containing solutions. The two forms of the enzyme had the same Km but exhibited different catalytic activities with regard to Vmax values in these solutions. The enzyme is inhibited competitively by a substrate analogue 1,10- phenanthroline and by Mn2+ ions in the presence and absence of detergent.},
	keywords = {aminopeptidase, blood, body louse, digestion, Diptera, enzyme, Glossina, human, Insects, leucine, midgut, pdf, pediculosis, Pediculus humanus, protein},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/38770.pdf},
	author = {Ochanda,James O. and Oduor,Eva A. C. and Galun,Rachel and Imbuga,Mabel O. and Mumcuoglu,Kosta Y.}
}
@article {116,
	title = {Characterization of body louse midgut proteins recognized by resistant hosts},
	journal = {Medical and Veterinary Entomology},
	volume = {10},
	year = {1996},
	month = {1996},
	pages = {35 - 38},
	abstract = {The human body louse, Pediculus humanus, showed eighteen midgut proteins ranging between 12 and 117 kDa, when analysed by SDS- PAGE electrophoresis. Seven of them (12 kDa, 17 kDa, 29 kDa, 35 kDa, 40 kDa, 55 kDa and 97 kDa) were major bands based on their intensity of staining. The immunization of rabbits with a midgut extract elicited the production of protective polyclonal antibodies. These antibodies reacted strongly with all major midgut proteins as well as with 63 kDa and 117 kDa proteins when tested by the Western blot technique. The analysis of the proteins revealed that the 12 kDa, 25 kDa, 29 kDa, 35 kDa, 45 kDa, 87 kDa and 97 kDa proteins are glycosylated and none of them contained a lipid moiety. By electroelution, the proteins of 35 kda and 63 kDa were purified. On trypsinization, the proteins of 35 kDa and 63 kDa produced four major fragments (F- 1, F-2, F-3, and F-4) when resolved on a 18\% SDS-PAGE. The F-1 fragment of the 35 kDa protein reacted with the polyclonal antibodies by the immunoblot technique.},
	keywords = {adult, antigens, arthropod, body, Boophilus, cattle, control, human, immunization, immunogens, immunological, louse, midgut, pdf, Pediculus humanus, protein, ticks, vaccinated, vaccine},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/38618.pdf},
	author = {Ochanda,James O. and Mumcuoglu,Kosta Y. and Ben-Yakir,David and Okuru,J. K. and Oduol,V. O. and Galun,Rachel}
}
@article {117,
	title = {Immunogenic proteins in the body and faecal material of the human body louse, Pediculus humanus, and their homology to antigens of other lice species},
	journal = {Medical and Veterinary Entomology},
	volume = {10},
	year = {1996},
	month = {1996},
	pages = {105 - 107},
	keywords = {blot, body louse, capitis, cattle, goat, Haematopinus, head, human, immunization, immunoaffinity, Linognathus, pdf, pediculosis, Pediculus humanus, stenopsis, Western},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/38615.pdf},
	author = {Mumcuoglu,Kosta Y. and Ben-Yakir,David and Gunzberg,S. and Ochanda,James O. and Galun,Rachel}
}
@article {121,
	title = {Repellency of essential oils and their components to the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus},
	journal = {Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata},
	volume = {78},
	year = {1996},
	month = {1996},
	pages = {309 - 314},
	abstract = {Five essential oils and nine of their components were compared to diethyl toluamide (DEET) for their repellent activity against the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus. The absolute or intrinsic repellency of the compounds was tested by applying the repellent to corduroy patches and comparing them with untreated patches. It was found that the most effective repellents were DEET and citronella, whose activity lasted at least 29 days. The activity of rosemary lasted at least 18 days and that of eucalyptus more than 8 days. The repellent activity of the oil components such as citronellal and geraniol lasted more than 15 and 8 days, respectively. DEET remained effective at a dilution of 1:32, geraniol at 1:8, citronella at 1:4 and rosemary and citronellal at 1:1. The comparative or standard repellency of the candidate repellents was examined with the aid of a new screening technique using hairs treated with ammonium bicarbonate which is attractive to lice. Using this technique it could be shown that the repellent activity of citronella and geraniol lasted 2 days and that of rosemary and citronellal for only one day. DEET was active for less than one day. Serial dilutions of these substances also revealed that citronella was the most potent repellent for lice, followed by citronellal, rosemary, geraniol and DEET. The differences however, were not significant.},
	keywords = {Anoplura, body louse, human, oils, pdf, Pediculidae, pediculosis, Pediculus humanus, repellent},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/38614.pdf},
	author = {Mumcuoglu,Kosta Y. and Galun,Rachel and Bach,Uri and Miller,Jacqueline and Magdassi,Shlomo}
}
