Morphological discrimination of human lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae) by eggs’ cap-like operculum [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHuman lice have long been parasites of humans and are responsible for several epidemics in human medical history. However, their morphology, particularly head and body lice, remains very similar.
Mohammad Akhoundi +4 more
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Transcription of the Extensively Fragmented Mitochondrial Genomes of Human Lice [PDF]
BiologyThe mitochondrial (mt) genomes of animals, including humans, are typically a single circular chromosome containing all mt genes. In several animal lineages, however, mt genomes have become fragmented, with genes distributed on multiple minichromosomes ...
Emily Dunn, Renfu Shao
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Genotyping of human lice suggests multiple emergencies of body lice from local head louse populations. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010 BACKGROUND: Genetic analyses of human lice have shown that the current taxonomic classification of head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) and body lice (Pediculus humanus humanus) does not reflect their phylogenetic organization.
Wenjun Li +6 more
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Emerging bacterial infectious diseases/pathogens vectored by human lice
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Human lice have always been a major public health concern due to their vector capacity for louse-borne infectious diseases, like trench fever, louse-borne relapsing fever, and epidemic fever, which are caused by Bartonella quintana, Borrelia recurrentis,
Yuan-Ping Deng +6 more
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Loss of mitochondrial single stranded DNA-binding protein (mtSSB) gene is associated with mitochondrial genome fragmentation in Psocodea (bark lice, book lice, and parasitic lice) [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Organelle genome fragmentation is a drastic large-scale chromosomal mutation. Why and how organelle genomes become fragmented is still poorly understood.
Nan Song, Renfu Shao
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Human pediculosis, a global public health problem
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022 Background Human pediculosis is caused by hematophagous lice, which are transmitted between individuals via direct and/or indirect contact. Despite the public health importance of louse infestation, information concerning the global burden of pediculosis
Yi-Tian Fu +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundPediculus humanus capitis or head louse is an obligate ectoparasite and its infestation remains a major public health issue worldwide. Molecular analysis divides head lice into six clades and intra-clade genetic differences have been identified.
Kobpat Phadungsaksawasdi +9 more
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Evidence for an African cluster of human head and body lice with variable colors and interbreeding of lice between continents. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Human head lice and body lice have been classified based on phenotypic characteristics, including geographical source, ecotype (preferred egg laying site hair or clothes), shape and color.
Aurélie Veracx +4 more
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Heteroplasmy in the mitochondrial genomes of human lice and ticks revealed by high throughput sequencing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The typical mitochondrial (mt) genomes of bilateral animals consist of 37 genes on a single circular chromosome. The mt genomes of the human body louse, Pediculus humanus, and the human head louse, Pediculus capitis, however, are extensively fragmented ...
Haoyu Xiong +4 more
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Evidence that head and body lice on homeless persons have the same genotype. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Human head lice and body lice are morphologically and biologically similar but have distinct ecologies. They were shown to have almost the same basic genetic content (one gene is absent in head lice), but differentially express certain genes, presumably ...
Aurélie Veracx +4 more
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