@article{fdi:010079056,
  title = {{M}olecular evidence of bacteria in clothes lice collected from homeless people living in shelters in {M}arseille},
  author = {{L}y, {T}. {D}. {A}. and {A}manzougaghene, {N}. and {H}oang, {V}. {T}. and {D}ao, {T}. {L}. and {L}ouni, {M}. and {M}ediannikov, {O}leg and {G}autret, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e sought to evidence the presence of emerging bacterial pathogens in clothes lice collected from sheltered homeless individuals from {M}arseille, {F}rance. {D}uring the 2013-2018 period, a total of 507 lice were collected from 37 individuals and were processed for molecular analysis. {W}e reported a low prevalence of {B}artonella quintana {DNA} carriage (1.2%). {N}o louse tested positive for {R}ickettsia sp., {R}ickettsia prowazekii, {B}orrelia sp., {A}naplasma sp., {Y}ersinia {P}estis, or {C}oxiella burnetii. {A} comparison with studies conducted before 2013 showed a 17.5-fold reduction in the rate of {B}. quintana {DNA} positivity. {B}y contrast, a high prevalence of {A}cinetobacter species {DNA} carriage (40.8%), mostly {A}. baumannii (32.9%), was observed, tending to increase over time. {I}n addition, we detected {A}cinetobacter ursingii {DNA} in clothes lice for the first time. {G}enotypic characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of {A}. baumannii isolates from clothes lice are needed to assess whether these {A}. baumannii strains present in lice are similar to those responsible for human infections and harbor mechanisms of resistance against antibiotics.},
  keywords = {homeless ; {DNA} ; pathogens ; clothes lice ; {FRANCE} ; {MARSEILLE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{V}ector-{B}orne and {Z}oonotic {D}iseases},
  volume = {20},
  numero = {11},
  pages = {872--874},
  ISSN = {1530-3667},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1089/vbz.2019.2603},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079056},
}