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Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013
Dispatch

Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia

Amina Boutellis, Oleg Mediannikov, Kassahun Desalegn Bilcha, Jemal Ali, Dayana Campelo, Stephen C. Barker, and Didier RaoultComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Marseille UniversitA(c), Marseille, France (A. Boutellis, O. Mediannikov, D. Raoult); Campus Commune UniversitA(c) Cheikh Anta Diop-Institut de Recherche pour le DA(c)veloppment d'Hann, Dakar, SA(c)nA(c)gal (A. Boutellis, O. Mediannikov, D. Raoult); University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia (K.D. Bilcha, J. Ali); University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (D. Campelo, S.C. Barker)

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Table

Results of quantitative real-time PCR analysis of head lice and body lice from 24 patients, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2011*

Patient no.
 Patient sex
 No. head lice
 No. body lice
 Bartonella quintana
Borrelia recurrentis
In head lice
 In body lice
 In head lice
 In body lice
Head and body lice
1607007 M 3 2 0 0 0 0
1607008 M 2 1 0 0 1 (Ct 34) 1 (Ct 25)
1607009 M 1 3 0 0 0 0
16070010 M 3 3 0 1 (Ct 35) 0 1 (31)
1807002 M 2 3 0 0 2 (Ct 34) 3 (Ct 35)
1907002 M 3 3 0 0 1 (Ct 33) 3 (Ct 30)
2007001 M 3 2 1 (Ct 32) 0 0 1 (Ct 35)
2007002 M 3 3 0 0 0 2 (Ct 34)
2107001 M 3 3 0 0 0 2 (Ct 27)
2107002 M 3 3 0 0 0 1 (Ct 34)
2307002 M 3 3 0 3 (Ct 27) 2 (Ct 34) 2 (Ct 31)
Total
 11
 29
 29
 1 (3.44%)
 4 (13.8%)
6 (20.70%)
 16 (55.17%)
Body lice only
1607001 M 0 3 0 0 0 1 (Ct 29)
1607002 M 0 3 0 0 0 1 (Ct 35)
1607003 M 0 3 0 0 0 1 (Ct 21)
1607004 M 0 3 0 2 (Ct 36) 0 2 (Ct 27)
1607005 M 0 3 0 0 0 0
1607006 M 0 3 0 0 0 0
1707001 M 0 3 0 0 0 1 (Ct 35)
1907003 M 0 3 0 0 0 3 (Ct 31)
2407001 F 0 3 0 0 0 0
2407003 M 0 3 0 0 0 0
2407004 M 0 3 0 1 (Ct 36) 0 0
Total
 11
 0
 33
 0
 3 (9.0%)
0
 9 (27.27%)
Head lice only
1807001 M 3 0 0 0 2 (Ct 31) 0
1907001 M 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 6 0 0 0 2 (33.33%) 0

*Ct, cycle threshold.

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