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Table 1 Experimental studies confirming body lice as vectors of bacterial pathogens

From: Head lice as vectors of pathogenic microorganisms

Pathogen

References

R. prowazekii

[20, 49, 52]

R. rickettsii

[53]

R. conorii/R. typhi

[54]

B. quintana

[49, 55]

B. recurrentis

[49, 56, 57]

Yersinia pestis

[7, 58]

Acinetobacter spp.

[59, 60]

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Tropical Medicine and Health

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