Altitude-dependent Bartonella quintana Genotype C in Head Lice, Ethiopia

Authors :: Didier Raoult
Georges Diatta
Emmanouil Angelakis
Hervé Richet
Oleg Mediannikov
Alemseged Abdissa
Jean-François Trape
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 12, Pp 2357-2359 (2011), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011.
Abstract: To determine the presence of Bartonella quintana in head and body lice from persons in different locations in Ethiopia, we used molecular methods. B. quintana was found in 19 (7%) genotype C head lice and in 76 (18%) genotype A body lice. B. quintana in head lice was positively linked to altitude (p = 0.014).

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