Detection of Acinetobacter baumannii in human head and body lice from Ethiopia and identification of new genotypes

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kempf, Marie ^a   Abdissa, Alemseged ^b   Diatta, Georges ^c   Trape, Jean François ^b   Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Mediannikov, Oleg ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Body lice; Ethiopia; Head lice; RecA genotyping; RpoB gene

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALTITUDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDICULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84865532464     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.1024     Document Type: Article

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