Detection of Acinetobacter baumannii in human head and body lice from Ethiopia and identification of new genotypes
Author(s) -
Marie Kempf,
Alemseged Abdissa,
Georges Diatta,
JeanFrançois Trape,
Emmanouil Angelakis,
Oleg Mediannikov,
Bernard La Scola,
Didier Raoult
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.1024
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , rpob , genotype , biology , acinetobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , gene , antibiotics , bacteria , medicine , genetics , pseudomonas aeruginosa , 16s ribosomal rna
Acinetobacter baumannii has previously been detected and genotyped in human body lice. The objectives of this study were to determine the presence of this bacterium in head and body lice collected from healthy individuals in Ethiopia by molecular methods and to characterize the genotype.
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