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Detection of bacterial pathogens in clade E head lice collected from Niger's refugees in Algeria.
Parasites & vectors - 15 Jun 2018
Louni Meriem, Amanzougaghene Nadia, Mana Nassima, Fenollar Florence, Raoult Didier, Bitam Idir, Mediannikov Oleg
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BACKGROUND: Head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis, are obligate blood-sucking parasites. Phylogenetically, they occur in five divergent mitochondrial clades (A, D, B, C and E), each having a particular geographical distribution. Recent studies have revealed that head lice, as is the case of body lice, can act as a vector for louse-borne diseases. Here, we aimed to study the genetic diversity of head lice collected...
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