title: Altitude-dependent Bartonella quintana genotype C in head lice, Ethiopia.
abstract: To determine the presence of Bartonella quintana in head and body lice from persons in different locations in Ethiopia, we used molecular methods. B. quintana was found in 19 (7%) genotype C head lice and in 76 (18%) genotype A body lice. B. quintana in head lice was positively linked to altitude (p = 0.014).
authors.affiliation: Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angelakis
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diatta
authors.forename: Alemseged
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdissa
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Trape
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mediannikov
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Richet
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D000818:Animals; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010374:Pediculus / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D014205:Trench Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission