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Volume 30, Number 7—July 2024
Dispatch

Body Louse Pathogen Surveillance among Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Canada, 2020–2021

Carl BoodmanComments to Author , Leslie R. Lindsay, Antonia Dibernardo, Kathy Kisil, Heather Coatsworth, Chris Huynh, Amila Heendeniya, John Schellenberg, and Yoav Keynan
Author affiliations: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (C. Boodman), University of Antwerp, Belgium (C. Boodman); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (C. Boodman, A. Heendeniya, J. Schellenberg, Y. Keynan); Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg (L.R. Lindsay, A. Dibernardo, H. Coatsworth, C. Huynh); Access Downtown, Winnipeg (K. Kisil)

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Figure 2

Two female body lice, Pediculus humanus humanus, collected from a person experiencing homelessness in inner city Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (9).

Figure 2. Two female body lice, Pediculus humanus humanus, collected from a person experiencing homelessness in inner city Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (9).

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