Homelessness and Organ Donor–Derived Bartonella quintana Infection
Rachel Henderson, Emily Mosites, Jane E. Koehler, Carl Boodman, and Grace E. Marx
Author affiliation: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (R. Henderson); Multnomah County Health Department, Portland, Oregon, USA (E. Mosites); University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (J.E. Koehler); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (C. Boodman); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (C. Boodman); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (G.E. Marx)
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Figure 1. Dimorphous Pediculus humanus humanus (human body louse). A) The female adult (top) is larger than the male adult (bottom). B) Eggs, also known as nits, observed behind a coat button. Photographs courtesy of Denise Bonilla and the California Department of Public Health.
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