Lice and lice-borne diseases in humans in Africa: A narrative review

Autor: Basma Ouarti, Descartes Maxime Mbogning Fonkou, Linda Houhamdi, Oleg Mediannikov, Philippe Parola
Přispěvatelé: Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Brétigny-sur-Orge] (IRBA), Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille), Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections (MEPHI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Acta Tropica
Acta Tropica, 2023, 237, pp.106709. ⟨10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106709⟩
ISSN: 0001-706X
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106709⟩
Popis: Lice are host-specific insects. Human lice include Pediculus humanus (body lice) which are known to be vectors of serious human bacterial infectious diseases including epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, trench fever and plague; Pediculus humanus capitis (head lice) that frequently affect children; and Pthirus pubis, commonly known as crab lice. In Africa, human infections transmitted by lice remained poorly known and therefore, underestimated, perhaps due to the lack of diagnostic tools and professional knowledge. In this paper we review current knowledge of the microorganisms identified in human lice in the continent of Africa, in order to alert health professionals to the importance of recognizing the risk of lice-related diseases.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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