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Human Pathogens in Body and Head Lice

Using polymerase chain reaction and sequencing, we investigated the prevalence of Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella quintana, and Borrelia recurrentis in 841 body lice collected from various countries. We detected R. prowazekii in body lice from Burundi in 1997 and in lice from Burundi and Rwanda in...

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Autores principales: Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, Ndihokubwayo, Jean-Bosco, Guidran, Jo, Kelly, Patrick J., Raoult, Didier
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12498677
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020111