@article{PAR00012457,
  title = {{SNP}s in entire mitochondrial genome sequences (approximate to 15.4 kb) and cox1 sequences (approximate to 486 bp) resolve body and head lice from doubly infected people from {E}thiopia, {C}hina, {N}epal, and {I}ran but not {F}rance},
  author = {{X}iong, {H}. and {C}ampelo, {D}. and {B}outellis, {A}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {A}lem, {M}. and {A}li, {J}. and {B}ilcha, {K}. and {S}hao, {R}. and {P}ollack, {R}. {J}. and {B}arker, {S}. {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ome people host lice on the clothing as well as the head. {W}hether body lice and head lice are distinct species or merely variants of the same species remains contentious. {W}e sought to ascertain the extent to which lice from these different habitats might interbreed on doubly infected people by comparing their entire mitochondrial genome sequences. {T}oward this end, we analyzed two sets of published genetic data from double-infections of body lice and head lice: 1) entire mitochondrial coding regions (approximate to 15.4 kb) from body lice and head lice from seven doubly infected people from {E}thiopia, {C}hina, and {F}rance; and 2) part of the cox1 gene (approximate to 486 bp) from body lice and head lice from a further nine doubly infected people from {C}hina, {N}epal, and {I}ran. {T}hese mitochondrial data, from 65 lice, revealed extraordinary variation in the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms between the individual body lice and individual head lice of double-infections: from 1.096 kb of 15.4 kb (7.6%) to 2 bps of 15.4 kb (0.01%). {W}e detected coinfections of lice of {C}lades {A} and {C} on the scalp hair of three of the eight people from {N}epal: one person of the two people from {K}athmandu and two of the six people from {P}okhara. {L}ice of {C}lades {A} and {B} coinfected the scalp hair of one person from {A}therton, {F}ar {N}orth {Q}ueensland, {A}ustralia. {T}hese findings argue for additional large-scale studies of the body lice and head lice of double-infected people.},
  keywords = {{P}ediculus capitis ; {P}ediculus humanus ; mitochondrial coding region ; single nucleotide polymorphism ; {ETHIOPIE} ; {CHINE} ; {NEPAL} ; {IRAN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {M}edical {E}ntomology},
  volume = {51},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1199--1207},
  ISSN = {0022-2585},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1603/me14001},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00012457},
}