Furtive fauna : a field guide to the creatures who live on you / Roger M. Knutson.
By: Knutson, Roger M.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1992General Notes: "A Penguin original"--Cover.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-118).Description: x, 118 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0140153780 :.Subject(s): Human body -- Microbiology | Medical parasitology | SymbiosisDDC classification: 616.9/6Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 616.96 K786 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284001223460 |
"A Penguin original"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-118).
Introduction -- The human landscape -- Disease and the furtive fauna -- Visitors: Ticks, flies, mosquitoes, chiggers -- Neighbors: Bedbugs, fleas, body lice, dust mites -- Residents: Head lice, pubic lice, tropical chigoe or jigger, itch mites, face mites -- Way too small to see: Dermatophytes, hair fungi, amoebas, bacteria -- Conclusion.
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