Boutellis A., Veracx A., Angelakis E., Diatta G., Mediannikov Oleg, Trape Jean-François, Raoult D. (2012). Bartonella quintana in head lice from Senegal. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 12 (7), 564-567. ISSN 1530-3667.
Boutellis A., Veracx A., Angelakis E., Diatta G., Mediannikov Oleg, Trape Jean-François, Raoult D.
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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2012,
12 (7), 564-567 ISSN 1530-3667
Head and body lice are strict, obligate human ectoparasites with three mitochondrial clades (A, B, and C). Body lice have been implicated as vectors of human diseases, and as the principal vectors of epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, and Bartonella quintata-associated diseases (trench fever, bacillary angiomatosis, endocarditis, chronic bacteremia, and chronic lymphadenopathy). Using molecular methods (real-time and traditional PCR), we assessed the presence of Bartonella quintana DNA in black head lice collected from three locations in Senegal. DNA from B. quintana was identified in 19 lice (6.93%) collected from 7 patients (7%) in Dakar. B. quintana-positive lice collected from three subjects were identified as clades C and A.
