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...
Main Authors: | Amina Boutellis, Rezak Drali, Mario A Rivera, Kosta Y Mumcuoglu, Didier Raoult |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813697?pdf=render |
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