ArticleScientific reports2015
High diversity and rapid diversification in the head louse, Pediculus humanus (Pediculidae: Phthiraptera).
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- Phylogenetic and network analysis of Pediculus humanus in Nigeria reveal the presences of clade E body lice and novel haplotypes.Parasitology research · 2023Article
- Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of chewing louseInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2023Article
- Nuclear genetic diversity of head lice sheds light on human dispersal around the world.PloS one · 2023Article
- Human pediculosis, a global public health problem.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2022Review
- Putative native South Amerindian origin of head lice clade F: evidence from head lice nits infesting human shrunken heads.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Phylogenetic relationship between the endosymbiont "Candidatus Riesia pediculicola" and its human louse host.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- High Genetic Diversity andFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Molecular Characterization and Genetic Diversity of Haplogroup E Human Lice in Guinea, West Africa.Microorganisms · 2021Article
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- Diversity of mitochondrial genes and predominance of Clade B in different head lice populations in the northwest of Iran.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Molecular identification of head lice collected in Franceville (Gabon) and their associated bacteria.Parasites & vectors · 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
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Abstract
The study analyzes sequence variation of two mitochondrial genes (COI, cytb) in Pediculus humanus from three countries (Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa) that have received little prior attention, and integrates these results with prior data. Analysis indicates a maximum K2P distance of 10.3% among 960 COI sequences and 13.8% among 479 cytb sequences. Three analytical methods (BIN, PTP, ABGD) reveal five concordant OTUs for COI and cytb. Neighbor-Joining analysis of the COI sequences confirm five clusters; three corresponding to previously recognized mitochondrial clades A, B, C and two new clades, "D" and "E", showing 2.3% and 2.8% divergence from their nearest neighbors (NN). Cytb data corroborate five clusters showing that clades "D" and "E" are both 4.6% divergent from their respective NN clades. Phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of all clusters recovered by NJ analysis. Divergence time estimates suggest that the earliest split of P. humanus clades occurred slightly more than one million years ago (MYa) and the latest about 0.3 MYa. Sequence divergences in COI and cytb among the five clades of P. humanus are 10X those in their human host, a difference that likely reflects both rate acceleration and the acquisition of lice clades from several archaic hominid lineages.
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