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Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Boutellis Amina, Drali Rezak, Rivera Mario A, Mumcuoglu Kosta Y, Raoult Didier
Abstract excerpt
Three different lineages of head lice are known to parasitize humans. Clade A, which is currently worldwide in distribution, was previously demonstrated to be present in the Americas before the time of Columbus. The two other types of head lice are geographically restricted to America and Australia for clade B and to Africa and Asia for clade C. In this study, we tested two operculated nits from a 4,000-year-old...
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