%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Boutellis, A. %A Mediannikov, Oleg %A Bilcha, K. D. %A Ali, J. %A Campelo, D. %A Barker, S. C. %A Raoult, Didier %T Borrelia recurrentis in head lice, Ethiopia %D 2013 %L fdi:010061360 %G ENG %J Emerging Infectious Diseases %@ 1080-6040 %K ETHIOPIE %M ISI:000328173400019 %N 5 %P 796-798 %R 10.3201/eid1905.121480 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061360 %> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2014/01/010061360.pdf %V 19 %W Horizon (IRD) %X Since the 1800s, the only known vector of Borrelia recurrentis has been the body louse. In 2011, we found B. recurrentis DNA in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia. Whether head lice can transmit these bacteria from one person to another remains to be determined. %$ 052