Getting rid of body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis) involves multiple rounds of laundry and bathing. This article walks you ...

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The bacterial infection, known as Bartonella quintana, or trench fever as it was called during World War I, lives in the feces of body lice and can cause skin lesions, fever and bone pain.