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. 2014 Aug;91(2):291-3.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0685. Epub 2014 May 5.

Prevalence of Bartonella quintana in patients with fever and head lice from rural areas of Sine-Saloum, Senegal

Georges Diatta  1 , Oleg Mediannikov  2 , Cheikh Sokhna  2 , Hubert Bassene  2 , Cristina Socolovschi  2 , Pavel Ratmanov  2 , Florence Fenollar  2 , Didier Raoult  2
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Prevalence of Bartonella quintana in patients with fever and head lice from rural areas of Sine-Saloum, Senegal

Georges Diatta et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Aug.

Abstract

Trench fever is poorly known by the staff of health facilities that manage febrile patients in Senegal. Bartonella quintana DNA was identified in 5 of 274 (2%) febrile patients from two rural dispensaries and 2 of 71 (3%) head lice specimens collected from the same villages.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Location of the collection sites with blood samples and head lice studied between 2010 and 2011 in Sine-Saloum, Senegal. (A) Aerial view of the village of Dielmo, Sine-Saloum, Senegal. (B) Aerial view of the village of Ndiop, Sine-Saloum, Senegal.
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Figure 2.
Difference in color between head and body lice collected from Senegal. (A) Black head louse collected from a young girl in Senegal. (B) Grey transparent body louse collected from a young boy talibé in Senegal.
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