OTHER INSECTS THAT TRANSIT i t>ISEAS ; GERMS IOI 



ally parasitize human beings (see p. 54) are, like the bedbug, 

 in an uncertain position. It is evident that their mode of life is 

 such as to make the transmission of germs by them an easy 

 matter. Recent reports seem to prove that body lice (Fig. 34, 

 D) are the only carriers of the germs of relapsing or recurrent 

 fever which occurs occasionally in America, but is prevalent in 

 Central Africa. 



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Insects and Disease, by R. W. Doane. Henry Holt and Co., N. Y. City. 

 Medical Entomology by Riley and Johannsen. Comstock Pub. Co., 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



