Detection of bacterial pathogens in clade E head lice collected from Niger ’s refugees in Algeria

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 distributi...

Source: Parasites and Vectors - June 15, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Meriem Louni, Nadia Amanzougaghene, Nassima Mana, Florence Fenollar, Didier Raoult, Idir Bitam and Oleg Mediannikov Tags: Research Source Type: research