title: Bartonella quintana in head lice from Sénégal.
abstract: Head and body lice are strict, obligate human ectoparasites with three mitochondrial clades (A, B, and C). Body lice have been implicated as vectors of human diseases, and as the principal vectors of epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, and Bartonella quintata-associated diseases (trench fever, bacillary angiomatosis, endocarditis, chronic bacteremia, and chronic lymphadenopathy). Using molecular methods (real-time and traditional PCR), we assessed the presence of Bartonella quintana DNA in black head lice collected from three locations in Sénégal. DNA from B. quintana was identified in 19 lice (6.93%) collected from 7 patients (7%) in Dakar. B. quintana-positive lice collected from three subjects were identified as clades C and A.
authors.affiliation: Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Amina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boutellis
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veracx
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angelakis
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diatta
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mediannikov
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Trape
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002648:Child; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010374:Pediculus / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014205:Trench Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D045303:Cytochromes b