Evidence That Head and Body Lice on Homeless Persons Have the Same Genotype

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 responsible for the vector competence. They ar...

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Main Authors: Veracx, Aurélie, Rivet, Romain, McCoy, Karen D., Brouqui, Philippe, Raoult, Didier
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458819/