Amazonian Head Lice-Specific Genotypes Are Putatively Pre-Columbian

作者:Boutellis Amina; Veracx Aurelie; Abrahao Jonatas; Raoult Didier*
来源:The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013, 88(6): 1180-1184.
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.12-0766

摘要

Head and body lice are strict obligate human ectoparasites with three mitochondrial phylotypes (A, B, and C). Using molecular methods for genotyping lice (Cytochrome b and multi-spacer typing), and comparing our results with all the sequences of human lice that were genotyped previously, we assessed the presence of a specific American genotype that most likely predates the Columbian era in head lice collected from Amazonia.

  • 出版日期2013-6