Louse-borne pathogens
Fri, 2007-02-02 15:01 — Vince Smith
| Publication Type | Proceedings Article | |
| Year of Publication | In Press | |
| Authors | Durden, Lance A. | |
| Conference Name | Joint Meeting of the Southeastern & South Carolina Branches of the American Society for Microbiology | |
| Volume | NA | |
| Pagination | NA | |
| Conference Start Date | 2000 | |
| Accession Number | 38852 | |
| Key Words | vector | |
| Abstract | A number of pathogens are transmitted by lice, especially sucking lice (Anoplura), which are exclusively ectoparasites of eutherian mammals including humans. Louse-borne pathogens include swinepox virus which is transmitted by the hog louse, Haematopinus suis, seal heartworm, which is transmitted by the seal louse, Echinophthirius horridus , and various agents of rodent and lagomorph eperythrozoonosis, haemobartonellosis, and hepatozoonosis, which are transmitted by a variety of sucking louse species. In addition, the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus, is capable of transmitting at least three different pathogens of humans. These are Rickettsia prowazekii which causes epidemic (louse-borne) typhus, Borrelia recurrentis which causes epidemic (louse-borne) relapsing fever, and Bartonella quintana, which causes a variety of ailments including trench fever, bacillary angiomatosis and endocarditis. In the recent past, when more humans were infested by body lice, these pathogens were major causes of human morbidity and mortality. Historically, epidemic typhus has been the most important of these pathogens and has affected humankind in many ways. For example, the Great Plague of Athens in 430 B.C., which effectively ended the preeminence of that culture, was almost certainly due to epidemic typhus. Also, Napoleon | |
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