| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Authors: | A. BOUTELLIS, Drali, R., Rivera, M. A., Mumcuoglu, K. Y., Raoult, D. |
| Journal: | PLoS ONE |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| Pagination: | e76818 |
| Date Published: | 10-2015 |
| Type of Article: | Open Access |
| Abstract: | Three different lineages of head lice are known to parasitize humans. Clade A, which is currently worldwide in distribution, was previously demonstrated to be present in the Americas before the time of Columbus. The two other types of head lice are geographically restricted to America and Australia for clade B and to Africa and Asia for clade C. In this study, we tested two operculated nits from a 4,000-year-old Chilean mummy of Camarones for the presence of the partial Cytb mitochondrial gene (270 bp). Our finding shows that clade B head lice were present in America before the arrival of the European colonists. |
| URL: | http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076818 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0076818 |
| Short Title: | PLoS ONE |
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