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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Bartonella quintana in head lice from Sénégal
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Volume 12, No. 7, Year 2012
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Description
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 Sénégal. 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. © Copyright 2012, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Boutellis, Amina
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Veracx, Aurélie
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Angelakis, Emmanouil
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Diatta, Georges
Senegal, Dakar
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Dakar
Mediannikov, Oleg Y.
Senegal, Dakar
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Dakar
Trape, Jean François
Senegal, Dakar
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Dakar
Raoult, Didier A.
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Statistics
Citations: 50
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1089/vbz.2011.0845
ISSN:
15303667
e-ISSN:
15577759
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics