Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia

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 determin...

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Autores principales: Boutellis, Amina, Mediannikov, Oleg, Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn, Ali, Jemal, Campelo, Dayana, Barker, Stephen C., Raoult, Didier
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23648147
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121480
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author Boutellis, Amina
Mediannikov, Oleg
Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn
Ali, Jemal
Campelo, Dayana
Barker, Stephen C.
Raoult, Didier
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Mediannikov, Oleg
Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn
Ali, Jemal
Campelo, Dayana
Barker, Stephen C.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-36475092013-05-14 Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia Boutellis, Amina Mediannikov, Oleg Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn Ali, Jemal Campelo, Dayana Barker, Stephen C. Raoult, Didier Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3647509/ /pubmed/23648147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121480 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Boutellis, Amina
Mediannikov, Oleg
Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn
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Campelo, Dayana
Barker, Stephen C.
Raoult, Didier
Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia
title Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia
title_full Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia
title_fullStr Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia
title_short Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia
title_sort borrelia recurrentis in head lice, ethiopia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647509/
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