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Hemocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens

Pediculus humanus humanus is an human ectoparasite which represents a serious public health threat because it is vector for pathogenic bacteria. It is important to understand and identify where bacteria reside in human body lice to define new strategies to counterstroke the capacity of vectorization...

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Autores principales: Coulaud, Pierre-Julien, Lepolard, Catherine, Bechah, Yassina, Berenger, Jean-Michel, Raoult, Didier, Ghigo, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25688336
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00183
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author Coulaud, Pierre-Julien
Lepolard, Catherine
Bechah, Yassina
Berenger, Jean-Michel
Raoult, Didier
Ghigo, Eric
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Bechah, Yassina
Berenger, Jean-Michel
Raoult, Didier
Ghigo, Eric
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description Pediculus humanus humanus is an human ectoparasite which represents a serious public health threat because it is vector for pathogenic bacteria. It is important to understand and identify where bacteria reside in human body lice to define new strategies to counterstroke the capacity of vectorization of the bacterial pathogens by body lice. It is known that phagocytes from vertebrates can be hosts or reservoirs for several microbes. Therefore, we wondered if Pediculus humanus humanus phagocytes could hide pathogens. In this study, we characterized the phagocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus and evaluated their contribution as hosts for human pathogens such as Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella Quintana, and Acinetobacter baumannii.
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spelling pubmed-43116962015-02-16 Hemocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens Coulaud, Pierre-Julien Lepolard, Catherine Bechah, Yassina Berenger, Jean-Michel Raoult, Didier Ghigo, Eric Front Cell Infect Microbiol Microbiology Pediculus humanus humanus is an human ectoparasite which represents a serious public health threat because it is vector for pathogenic bacteria. It is important to understand and identify where bacteria reside in human body lice to define new strategies to counterstroke the capacity of vectorization of the bacterial pathogens by body lice. It is known that phagocytes from vertebrates can be hosts or reservoirs for several microbes. Therefore, we wondered if Pediculus humanus humanus phagocytes could hide pathogens. In this study, we characterized the phagocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus and evaluated their contribution as hosts for human pathogens such as Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella Quintana, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4311696/ /pubmed/25688336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00183 Text en Copyright © 2015 Coulaud, Lepolard, Bechah, Berenger, Raoult and Ghigo. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Microbiology
Coulaud, Pierre-Julien
Lepolard, Catherine
Bechah, Yassina
Berenger, Jean-Michel
Raoult, Didier
Ghigo, Eric
Hemocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens
title Hemocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens
title_full Hemocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens
title_fullStr Hemocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens
title_full_unstemmed Hemocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens
title_short Hemocytes from Pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens
title_sort hemocytes from pediculus humanus humanus are hosts for human bacterial pathogens
topic Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25688336
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00183
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