TY - JOUR AU - Angelakis, Emmanouil AU - Diatta, Georges AU - Abdissa, Alemseged AU - Trape, Jean-François AU - Mediannikov, Oleg AU - Richet, Hervé AU - Raoult, Didier T1 - Altitude-dependent Bartonella quintana Genotype C in Head Lice, Ethiopia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 12 SP - 2357 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine the presence of Bartonella quintana in head and body lice from persons in different locations in Ethiopia, we used molecular methods. B. quintana was found in 19 (7%) genotype C head lice and in 76 (18%) genotype A body lice. B. quintana in head lice was positively linked to altitude (p = 0.014). KW - Pediculus humanus humanus KW - P. h. capitis KW - Ethiopia KW - altitude-dependent KW - genotype C KW - Bartonella quintana KW - bacteria KW - vector-borne infections KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid1712.110453 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/12/11-0453_article ER - End of Reference