<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The vectorial capacity of human lice: &lt;i&gt;Pediculus humanus&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Pthirus pubis&lt;/i&gt;</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vector</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/68943.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">60</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">269 - 273</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) is the vector of Rickettsia prowazekii, the agent of epidemic&amp;nbsp;typhus, Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of louse-borne relapsing fever and Bartonella quintana, and the agent of trench fever.&amp;nbsp;Although Acinobacter baumannii and &amp;nbsp;erratia marcescens have been detected in body lice, their vectorial capacity for these&amp;nbsp;pathogens is not yet clear. Under experimental conditions, it was shown that body lice become infested and later transmit pathogens&amp;nbsp;such as Yersinia pestis, Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia conorii and Rickettsia rickettsiae, however in these cases it is not known if this&amp;nbsp;could happen under natural conditions. The vectorial ability of head lice remains quite controversial. Under experimental conditions&amp;nbsp;head lice were infected with R. prowazekii and disseminate this pathogen in their feces, showing that these lice have the potential to&amp;nbsp;be a vector pathogen under optimal epidemiologic conditions, e.g., during outbreaks of epidemic typhus. Head lice and their eggs&amp;nbsp;collected from children and homeless people were tested positive for B. quintana. Pubic lice are not known to be vectors of any&amp;nbsp;human pathogenic microorganisms under field conditions.&lt;/p&gt;
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