Boutellis A., Drali R., Rivera M. A., Mumcuoglu K. Y., Raoult Didier. (2013). Evidence of sympatry of clade A and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones. Plos One, 8 (10), p. e76818. ISSN 1932-6203.
Titre du document
Evidence of sympatry of clade A and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones
Boutellis A., Drali R., Rivera M. A., Mumcuoglu K. Y., Raoult Didier
Source
Plos One, 2013,
8 (10), p. e76818 ISSN 1932-6203
Three different lineages of head lice are known to parasitize humans. Clade A, which is currently worldwide in distribution, was previously demonstrated to be present in the Americas before the time of Columbus. The two other types of head lice are geographically restricted to America and Australia for clade B and to Africa and Asia for clade C. In this study, we tested two operculated nits from a 4,000-year-old Chilean mummy of Camarones for the presence of the partial Cytb mitochondrial gene (270 bp). Our finding shows that clade B head lice were present in America before the arrival of the European colonists.
Plan de classement
Sciences fondamentales / Techniques d'analyse et de recherche [020]
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Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
