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Genetic diversity of human head lice and molecular detection of associated bacterial pathogens in Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: Head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, is an obligatory blood-sucking ectoparasite, distributed worldwide. Phylogenetically, it occurs in five divergent mitochondrial clades (A–E); each exhibiting a particular geographical distribution. Recent studies suggest that, as in the case of body...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555951/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31174587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3540-6 |