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: Aurélie Veracx, Romain Rivet, Karen D McCoy, Philippe Brouqui, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3458819?pdf=render

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