Volume 30, Number 7—July 2024
Dispatch
Body Louse Pathogen Surveillance among Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Canada, 2020–2021
Figure 2
![Two female body lice, Pediculus humanus humanus, collected from a person experiencing homelessness in inner city Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (9).](/eid/images/23-1660-F2.jpg)
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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