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Phylogenetic Relationship Between the Endosymbiont “candidatus Riesia Pediculicola” and Its Human Lice Host
2021-09-14
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<h4>Background: </h4> The human louse is one of the most ancient haematophagous ectoparasites that is related intimately to its host and has been of great concern to public health throughout human history. Previously, Pediculus humanus was classified within six divergent mitochondrial clades (A, D, B, F, C and E). Like all haematophagous lice, P. humanus directly depends on the presence of bacterial symbionts, kno...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e0eeb227-8ab9-5f1e-8208-ada284656b61
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-895691/v1
