Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia

Boutellis, Amina; Mediannikov, Oleg; Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn; Ali, Jemal; Campelo, Dayana; Barker, Stephen C.; Raoult, Didier

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Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia

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May 2013
By Boutellis, Amina ; Mediannikov, Oleg ; Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Boutellis, Amina ; Mediannikov, Oleg ; Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn ; Ali, Jemal ; Campelo, Dayana ; Barker, Stephen C. ; Raoult, Didier
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Since the 1800s, the only known vector of Borrelia recurrentis has been the body louse. In 2011, we found B. recurrentis DNA in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia. Whether head lice can transmit these bacteria from one person to another remains to be determined.
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Animals Borrelia Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Female Humans Lice Infestations Male Pediculus Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Relapsing Fever Trench Fever
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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(5):796-798.
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Ethiopia
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Africa
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19
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5
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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