Abstract
Since the 1800s, the only known vector of Borrelia recurrentis has been the body louse. In 2011, we found B. recurrentis DNA in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia. Whether head lice can transmit these bacteria from one person to another remains to be determined.
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Boutellis, A., Mediannikov, O., Bilcha, K. D., Ali, J., Campelo, D., Barker, S. C., & Raoult, D. (2013). Borrelia recurrentis in head lice, Ethiopia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19(5), 796–798. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121480
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