Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A. Author Reeves, Will K. Author Durden, Lance A. Author Wrenn, William J. text Zootaxa 2004 647 1 20 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.158298 45a301df-f575-46fa-a8ed-dd8d6ca53b18 1175­5326 158298 52622931-7DA7-4EF3-9AB9-47D8E47C9B4C Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus Abbeville Co., unknown location, 5 March 1975 ; Greenville Co., Ninety Six, 1 January 1975 ; Pickens Co., Clemson, 24 November 1975 . The human body louse is a vector of at least three pathogens of humans, including those that cause epidemic louse­borne typhus ( Rickettsia prowazekii ), trench fever ( Bartonella quintana (Schmincke)) , and louse­borne relapsing fever ( Borrelia recurrentis (Lebert)) . Both louse borne typhus and trench fever are endemic in the U.S.A. as either zoonotic or recrudescent agents or emerging infectious diseases (Jackson & Spach 1996; Azad & Beard 1998; Durden 2002).