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Editorial Note: The biology and taxonomy of head and body lice—Implications for louse-borne disease prevention

  • The PLOS Pathogens Editors

The PLOS Pathogens Editors issue this Editorial Note to inform readers that the works cited in this article [1] as References 16, 18, and 43 were retracted after the article’s publication date. PLOS considers that these references are not crucial in supporting the relevant statements in [1].

Reference

  1. 1. Bonilla DL, Durden LA, Eremeeva ME, Dasch GA. The biology and taxonomy of head and body lice—implications for louse-borne disease prevention. PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(11):e1003724. pmid:24244157

Citation: The PLOS Pathogens Editors (2026) Editorial Note: The biology and taxonomy of head and body lice—Implications for louse-borne disease prevention. PLoS Pathog 22(8): e1014510. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1014510

Published: August 13, 2026

Copyright: © 2026 The PLOS Pathogens Editors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.