Open AccessMolecular Identification of Lice from Pre‐Columbian Mummies
Author(s) -
Didier Raoult,
David L. Reed,
Katharina Dittmar,
Jeremy J. Kirchman,
JeanMarc Rolain,
Sonia Guillén,
Jessica E. Light
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/526520
Subject(s) - identification (biology) , biology , zoology , ecology
Three distinctly different lineages of head and body lice are known to parasitize humans. One lineage includes head and body lice and is currently worldwide in distribution (type A). The other 2 (types B and C) include only head lice and are geographically restricted. It was hypothesized that head louse phylotypes were exchanged only recently, after European exploration and colonization (after Columbus).
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