<?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%">Nadia Amanzougaghene</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oleg Mediannikov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tran Duc Anh Ly</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Philippe Gautret</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bernard Davoust</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Florence Fenollar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Izri,Arezki</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular investigation and genetic diversity of &lt;i&gt;Pediculus&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Pthirus&lt;/i&gt; lice in France</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parasites Vectors</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acinetobacter</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">bartonella quintana</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coxiella burnetii</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">France</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pediculus lice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pubic lice</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Apr-2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-020-04036-y</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11 pp</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats sec=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;jats title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt;Humans are parasitized by three types of lice: body, head and pubic lice. As their common names imply, each type colonizes a specific region of the body. The body louse is the only recognized disease vector. However, an increasing awareness of head lice as a vector has emerged recently whereas the status of pubic lice as a vector is not known since it has received little attention.&lt;/jats&gt; &lt;/jats&gt;&lt;jats sec=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;jats title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats sec=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;jats title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methods&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/jats&gt; &lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt;Here, we assessed the occurrence of bacterial pathogens in 107 body lice, 33 head lice and 63 pubic lice from Marseille and Bobigny (France) using molecular methods.&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats sec=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;/jats&gt;&lt;jats sec=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;jats title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/jats&gt; &lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt;Results show that all body lice samples belonged to the &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;cytb&lt;/jats&gt; Clade A whereas head lice samples belonged to Clades A and B. DNA of &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Bartonella quintana&lt;/jats&gt; was detected in 7.5% of body lice samples and, for the first time to our knowledge, in 3.1% of pubic lice samples. &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Coxiella burnetii&lt;/jats&gt;, which is not usually associated with transmission by louse, was detected in 3.7% of body lice samples and 3% of head lice samples. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;C. burnetii&lt;/jats&gt; in &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Pediculus&lt;/jats&gt; lice infesting humans in France. &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Acinetobacter&lt;/jats&gt; DNA was detected in 21.5% of body lice samples, 6% of head lice samples and 9.5% of pubic lice samples. Five species were identified with &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;A. baumannii&lt;/jats&gt; being the most prevalent.&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats sec=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;/jats&gt;&lt;jats sec=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;jats title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/jats&gt; &lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt;Our study is the first to report the presence of &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;B. quintana&lt;/jats&gt; in pubic lice. This is also the first report of the presence of DNA of &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;C. burnetii&lt;/jats&gt; in body lice and head lice in France. Further efforts on the vectorial role of human lice are needed, most importantly the role of pubic lice as a disease vector should be further investigated.&lt;/jats&gt; &lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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