Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.

Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.

Three different lineages of head lice are known to parasitize humans. Clade A, which is currently worldwide in distribution, was previously demonstrated to be present in the Americas before the time of Columbus. The two other types of head lice are geographically restricted to America and Australia...

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Main Authors: Amina Boutellis, Rezak Drali, Mario A Rivera, Kosta Y Mumcuoglu, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813697?pdf=render
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spelling doaj-4a96ce2370e548b98e4e44f80920b67d2020-11-24T21:12:25ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01810e7681810.1371/journal.pone.0076818Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.Amina BoutellisRezak DraliMario A RiveraKosta Y MumcuogluDidier RaoultThree different lineages of head lice are known to parasitize humans. Clade A, which is currently worldwide in distribution, was previously demonstrated to be present in the Americas before the time of Columbus. The two other types of head lice are geographically restricted to America and Australia for clade B and to Africa and Asia for clade C. In this study, we tested two operculated nits from a 4,000-year-old Chilean mummy of Camarones for the presence of the partial Cytb mitochondrial gene (270 bp). Our finding shows that clade B head lice were present in America before the arrival of the European colonists.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813697?pdf=render
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author Amina Boutellis
Rezak Drali
Mario A Rivera
Kosta Y Mumcuoglu
Didier Raoult
spellingShingle Amina Boutellis
Rezak Drali
Mario A Rivera
Kosta Y Mumcuoglu
Didier Raoult
Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.
PLoS ONE
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Rezak Drali
Mario A Rivera
Kosta Y Mumcuoglu
Didier Raoult
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title Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.
title_short Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.
title_full Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.
title_fullStr Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.
title_full_unstemmed Evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade B head lice in a pre-Columbian Chilean mummy from Camarones.
title_sort evidence of sympatry of clade a and clade b head lice in a pre-columbian chilean mummy from camarones.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
series PLoS ONE
issn 1932-6203
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Three different lineages of head lice are known to parasitize humans. Clade A, which is currently worldwide in distribution, was previously demonstrated to be present in the Americas before the time of Columbus. The two other types of head lice are geographically restricted to America and Australia for clade B and to Africa and Asia for clade C. In this study, we tested two operculated nits from a 4,000-year-old Chilean mummy of Camarones for the presence of the partial Cytb mitochondrial gene (270 bp). Our finding shows that clade B head lice were present in America before the arrival of the European colonists.
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813697?pdf=render
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