01553nas a2200169   4500008004100000020001400041245004300055210004200098260001700140300001200157490000700169520106300176100002001239700002101259700001901280856008401299       2005                        eng d  a0025-682X00aLice and lice-borne diseases in humans0 aLice and liceborne diseases in humans  aFrancec2005  a13 - 230 v653 aAmong the three lice which parasite the human being, the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus, is a vector of infectious diseases. It lives and multiplies in clothes and human infestation is associated with cold weather and a lack of hygiene. Three pathogenic bacteria are transmitted by the body louse: 1) Rickettsia prowazekii, the agent of epidemic typhus of which the most recent outbreak (and the largest since World War II) was observed during the civil war in Burundi; 2) Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of relapsing fever, historically responsible of massive outbreaks in Eurasia and Africa, which prevails currently in Ethiopia and neighboring countries; 3) Bartonella quintana, the agent of trench fever, bacillary angiomatosis, chronic bacteremia, endocarditis, and lymphadenopathy. Body louse infestation, associated with a decline in social and hygienic conditions provoked by civil unrest and economic instability, is reemergent worldwide. Recently, a forth human pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii, has been associated to the body louse.1 aHouhamdi, Linda1 aParola, Phillipe1 aRaoult, Didier  uhttps://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/content/lice-and-lice-borne-diseases-humans