Assertion: body louse | /r/CapableOf | transmit disease
Facets:
value: to people
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: University of Illinois entomology professor Barry Pittendrigh and his colleagues compared the sequences of all protein-coding genes in head and body lice and determined that the two belonged to the same species, despite the fact that body lice are bigger than head lice, cling to clothing instead of hair, and can transmit disease.
text: Despite this, the modern view is that only the body louse can transmit the disease.
text: Only the body louse can transmit diseases to people.
text: Body lice serve as hosts of Rickettsia and Spirochetes and transmit diseases that are caused by these organisms.