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Amazonian head lice-specific genotypes are putatively pre-Columbian.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jun 2013

Boutellis Amina, Veracx Aurélie, Abrahão Jônatas, Raoult Didier

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Head and body lice are strict obligate human ectoparasites with three mitochondrial phylotypes (A, B, and C). Using molecular methods for genotyping lice (Cytochrome b and multi-spacer typing), and comparing our results with all the sequences of human lice that were genotyped previously, we assessed the presence of a specific American genotype that most likely predates the Columbian era in head lice collected...

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PMID: 23610158
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0766
PMCID: PMC3752820

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