Lice and lice-borne diseases in humans in Africa: A narrative review.
Africa
Bartonella
Borrelia
Lice
Rickettsia
Yersinia
Journal
Acta tropica
ISSN: 1873-6254
Titre abrégé: Acta Trop
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0370374
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
Historique:
received:
27
07
2022
revised:
30
09
2022
accepted:
01
10
2022
pubmed:
6
10
2022
medline:
24
11
2022
entrez:
5
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36198330
pii: S0001-706X(22)00401-6
doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106709
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
106709Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.