Bartonella quintana in body lice from scalp hair of homeless persons, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 907-908

  Drali, Rezak ^a   Sangaré, Abdoul Karim ^a   Boutellis, Amina ^a   Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Veracx, Aurélie ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LARVA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIT; NONHUMAN; PEDICULUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCALP HAIR; TRENCH FEVER; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; FRANCE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 84898892573     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2005.131242     Document Type: Letter

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