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HUMAN LICE INFESTATION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT: A MINI-REVIEW [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2023
Three lice types infest man by contact or using infested tools: 1- Head louse (Pediculus hu-manus capitis), 2- Body louse (P. humanus humanus), & 3- Pubic louse or crab (Phthirus pubis),often spread by sexual contact, all races human worldwide are ...
TOSSON MORSY, AREEJ AL-GHABBAN
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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, Yi-Tian Fu, Chaoqun Yao, Renfu Shao, Xue-Ling Zhang, De-Yong Duan, Guo-Hua Liu   +6 more
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Detection of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in an HIV patient using metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
Bartonella species are fastidious, aerobic bacteria that are transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods. Bartonella spp. are responsible for cat scratch disease, Carrion’s disease, bacillary angiomatosis and trench fever.
Yuru Shi, Jing Yang, Yingjie Qi, Junlan Xu, Yingqi Shi, Tiantian Shi, Chao Liu, Xiaoling Ma   +7 more
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Disseminated Bartonella quintana Causing Osseous Lytic Lesions

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
Bartonella, a gram-negative bacterium, causes various clinical syndromes such as cat scratch disease (B henselae), Carrion disease (B bacilliformis), and trench fever (B quintana).
Sarah Freling, Apu Akkad, Nathalie Sami, Maria Vergara-Lluri, Kusha Davar   +4 more
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THE "HÆMOGREGARINE" OF TRENCH FEVER. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1917
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Low, GeorgeC, Dobell, Clifford
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Bartonella quintana Transmitted by Head Lice: An Outbreak of Trench Fever in Senegal

, 2023
International audienceAbstract Background Louse-borne trench fever caused by Bartonella quintana is a neglected public health concern, known to be transmitted from body louse feces via scratching. No viable B.
Bassene, Hubert, Sokhna, Cheikh, Levasseur, Anthony, Fenollar, Florence, Sambou, Masse, Duclos, Nathalie, Hammoud, Alissa, Mediannikov, Oleg, Diatta, Georges, Raoult, Didier, Louni, Meriem   +10 more
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Seroconversion for infectious pathogens among UK military personnel deployed to Afghanistan, 2008-2011. [PDF]

, 2014
Military personnel are at high risk of contracting vector-borne and zoonotic infections, particularly during overseas deployments, when they may be exposed to endemic or emerging infections not prevalent in their native countries.
Andrew Bosworth, Hewson, Roger, Edmund N.C. Newman, Tim Brooks, Wright, Deborah, Hannah Bridge, Newman, Edmund NC, Andrew Green, Roger Hewson, Lisa Jameson, Ross, David, Green, Andrew, Osborne, Jane, Jenny Hayward-Karlsson, Mark S. Bailey, Bailey, Mark S, Brooks, Tim, Johnstone, Penelope, Deborah Wright, Penelope Johnstone, Rebecca Hatch, Jameson, Lisa, Bosworth, Andrew, Bridge, Hannah, Hatch, Rebecca, Hayward-Karlsson, Jenny, Jane Osborne, David Ross   +27 more
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Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Since the 1800s, the only known vector of Borrelia recurrentis has been the body louse. In 2011, we found B. recurrentis DNA in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia.
Amina Boutellis, Oleg Mediannikov, Kassahun Desalegn Bilcha, Jemal Ali, Dayana Campelo, Stephen C. Barker, Didier Raoult   +6 more
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Pulex irritans on Dogs and Cats: Morphological and Molecular Approach

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2023
Background: The painful bite of Pulex irritans; causes wound on the host body and is a vector for Bartonella bacteria species, which can cause trench fever, Rickettsia species, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Mediterranean spotted fe­ver.
Amrollah Azarm, Abdolhossin Dalimi, Majied Pirestani, Anita Mohammadiha, Alireza Zahraei-Ramazani, Narges Marvi-Moghaddam, Esmaiel Amiri   +6 more
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Invasion and persistent intracellular colonization of erythrocytes : A unique parasitic strategy of the emerging pathogen Bartonella [PDF]

, 2001
The expanding genus Bartonella includes zoonotic and human-specific pathogens that can cause a wide range of clinical manifestations. A productive infection allowing bacterial transmission by blood-sucking arthropods is marked by an intraerythrocytic ...
Schulein, R., Gille, C., Yves Hansmann, Hansmann, Y., Dehio, C., Seubert, A., Piemont, Y., Yves Piémont, Christa Lanz, Ralf Schülein, Anja Seubert, Lanz, C., Christoph Dehio, Christian Gille   +13 more
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