The results of the sequencing and analysis of the human body louse genome, which were published on June 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offer new insights into the ...

Fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection (orange/red) in the Pawlowsky glands. Y. pestis has been the culprit behind numerous pandemics, including the Black Death of the ...

A new laboratory study suggests that human body lice are more efficient at transmitting Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, than previously thought, supporting the possibility that they ...

Rats and fleas might not be the only culprits behind deadly Yersinia pestis pandemics. By Laura Baisas Published May 22, 2024 12:57 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death. It’s clear ...

A fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection — that's the cause of the plague — depicted in orange/red in the glands. The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also ...

Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death. It’s clear ...

If you’ve noticed a bug on your clothes, in your hair, in your kid’s hair, or on your pet, there’s no need to panic, as it might not be a louse. Many insects have a lice-like appearance and are often ...

A louse is rarely a welcome visitor. And if one louse is bad, a load of lice is, well, lousy. Not only do they cause itching, but body lice can be responsible for the spreading of disease. To combat ...

(plague | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known as the Black Death — devastated swaths of Europe, killing millions in under a ...