The rise and fall of a louse is tragic in the eyes of the louse and in the hearts of scientists who love that louse. Until recently pubic lice, also known as "crabs", were riding high. Studies in the 60s, 70s and 80s reported more of them were taking up residence in their favourite neighbourhoods. The louse had even overcome its poor reputation with scientists, who believed them to be lazy and slow. That characterisation was smashed to glorious pieces in 1983, thanks to a report by Ian Burgess and John Maunder, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Tin Than Myint, of the ministry of health in Rangoon, Burma.
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