1 species, 2 outcomes: Team seeks source of body louse pathology

A new study seeks to determine how one parasitic species can give rise to two drastically different outcomes in its host: The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) can transmit dangerous bacterial infections to humans, while the human head louse (also Pediculus humanus) does not.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/uoi…