@article{fdi:010072770,
  title = {{M}olecular survey of head and body {L}ice, {P}ediculus humanus, in {F}rance},
  author = {{C}andy, {K}. and {A}manzougaghene, {N}. and {I}zri, {A}. and {B}run, {S}. and {D}urand, {R}. and {L}ouni, {M}. and {R}aoult, {D}. and {F}enollar, {F}. and {M}ediannikov, {O}leg},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}uman lice, {P}ediculus humanus, are obligate blood-sucking parasites. {P}hylogenetically, they belong to several mitochondrial clades exhibiting some geographic differences. {C}urrently, the body louse is the only recognized disease vector, with the head louse being proposed as an additional vector. {I}n this article, we study the genetic diversity of head and body lice collected from {B}obigny, a town located close to {P}aris ({F}rance), and look for louse-borne pathogens. {B}y amplifying and sequencing the cytb gene, we confirmed the presence of clades {A} and {B} in {F}rance. {B}esides, by amplifying and sequencing both cytb and cox1 gene, we reported, for the first time, the presence of clade {E}, which has thus far only been found in lice from {W}est {A}frica. {DNA} from {B}artonella quintana was detected in 16.7% of body lice from homeless individuals, but in none of the head lice collected from 47 families. {A}cinetobacter {DNA} was detected in 11.5% of head lice belonging to all three clades and 29.1% of body lice. {S}ix species of {A}cinetobacter were identified, including two potential new ones. {A}cinetobacter baumannii was the most prevalent, followed by {C}andidatus {A}cinetobacter {B}obigny-1, {A}cinetobacter calcoaceticus, {A}cinetobacter nosocomialis, {A}cinetobacter junii, and {C}andidatus {A}cinetobacter {B}obigny-2. {B}ody lice were found to be infected only with {A}. baumannii. {T}hese findings show for the first time, the presence of clade {E} head lice in {F}rance. {T}his study is also the first to report the presence of {DNA}s of several species of {A}cinetobacter in human head lice in {F}rance.},
  keywords = {{A}cinetobacter spp ; {B}artonella quintana ; clade {E} ; {F}rance ; {P}ediculus humanus ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{V}ector-{B}orne and {Z}oonotic {D}iseases},
  volume = {18},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {243--251},
  ISSN = {1530-3667},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1089/vbz.2017.2206},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072770},
}