KROK 1 2013 – Question 106 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
Mother of a boy who had recently returned from a summer camp found some small whitish insects up to 3 mm long on the child’s clothing. Specify the parasite:
- A. Pediculus humanus humanus
- B. Pulex irritans
- C. Blattella germanica
- D. Phtirus pubis
- E. Cimex lectularius
Hint
Match the size, colour and location on the clothing with the habitat and life cycle of the common blood-sucking human ectoparasites, and think about where each of them lays its eggs.
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