ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2013
Borrelia recurrentis in head lice, Ethiopia.
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- Impact factors and genetic characteristics of head lice infestation in schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study from 2018 to 2023 in central China.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Head lice as vectors of pathogenic microorganisms.Tropical medicine and health · 2023Review
- Human pediculosis, a global public health problem.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2022Review
- The First Immunocompetent Mouse Model of Strictly Human Pathogen, Borrelia recurrentis.Infection and immunity · 2021Article
- Molecular Characterization and Genetic Diversity of Haplogroup E Human Lice in Guinea, West Africa.Microorganisms · 2021Article
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- Presence of the knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in the head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) collected from primary school children of Thailand.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Molecular investigation and genetic diversity of Pediculus and Pthirus lice in France.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Genetic diversity of human head lice and molecular detection of associated bacterial pathogens in Democratic Republic of Congo.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Where Are We With Human Lice? A Review of the Current State of Knowledge.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019Review
- Detection of bacterial pathogens in clade E head lice collected from Niger's refugees in Algeria.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- RETRACTED: Body lice of homeless people reveal the presence of several emerging bacterial pathogens in northern Algeria.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Genetic diversity of the human head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis, among primary school girls in Saudi Arabia, with reference to their prevalence.Parasitology research · 2017Article
- Relapsing fever in young refugees from East Africa.Critical care (London, England) · 2017Article
- Detection of bacterial pathogens including potential new species in human head lice from Mali.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
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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