@article{PAR00012140,
  title = {{D}etection of {B}artonella quintana in {A}frican body and head lice},
  author = {{S}angare, {A}. {K}. and {B}outellis, {A}. and {D}rali, {R}. and {S}ocolovschi, {C}. and {B}arker, {S}. {C}. and {D}iatta, {G}. and {R}ogier, {C}. and {O}live, {M}. {M}. and {D}oumbo, {O}. {K}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}urrently, the body louse is the only recognized vector of {B}artonella quintana, an organism that causes trench fever. {I}n this work, we investigated the prevalence of this bacterium in human lice in different {A}frican countries. {W}e tested 616 head lice and 424 body lice from nine {A}frican countries using real-time polymerase chain reaction targeting intergenic spacer region 2 and specific {B}. quintana genes. {O}verall, {B}. quintana {DNA} was found in 54% and 2% of body and head lice, respectively. {O}ur results also show that there are more body lice positive for {B}. quintana in poor countries, which was determined by the gross domestic product, than in wealthy areas (2281403 versus 0/21, {P} < 0.001). {A} similar finding was obtained for head lice (8/226 versus 2/390, {P} = 0.007). {O}ur findings suggest that head lice in {A}frica may be infected by {B}. quintana when patients live in poor economic conditions and are also exposed to body lice.},
  keywords = {{AFRIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {91},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {294--301},
  ISSN = {0002-9637},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.4269/ajtmh.13-0707},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00012140},
}