Journal article
SNPs in Entire Mitochondrial Genome Sequences (≈15.4 kb) and cox1 Sequences (≈486 bp) Resolve Body and Head Lice From Doubly Infected People From Ethiopia, China, Nepal, and Iran But Not France
Journal of Medical Entomology, Vol.51(6), pp.1199-1207
2014
Abstract
Some people host lice on the clothing as well as the head. Whether body lice and head lice are distinct species or merely variants of the same species remains contentious. We sought to ascertain the extent to which lice from these different habitats might interbreed on doubly infected people by comparing their entire mitochondrial genome sequences. Toward this end, we analyzed two sets of published genetic data from double-infections of body lice and head lice: 1) entire mitochondrial coding regions (≈15.4 kb) from body lice and head lice from seven doubly infected people from Ethiopia, China, and France; and 2) part of the cox1 gene (≈486 bp) from body lice and head lice from a further nine doubly infected people from China, Nepal, and Iran. These mitochondrial data, from 65 lice, revealed extraordinary variation in the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms between the individual body lice and individual head lice of double-infections: from 1.096 kb of 15.4 kb (7.6%) to 2 bps of 15.4 kb (0.01%). We detected coinfections of lice of Clades A and C on the scalp hair of three of the eight people from Nepal: one person of the two people from Kathmandu and two of the six people from Pokhara. Lice of Clades A and B coinfected the scalp hair of one person from Atherton, Far North Queensland, Australia. These findings argue for additional large-scale studies of the body lice and head lice of double-infected people.
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- Title
- SNPs in Entire Mitochondrial Genome Sequences (≈15.4 kb) and cox1 Sequences (≈486 bp) Resolve Body and Head Lice From Doubly Infected People From Ethiopia, China, Nepal, and Iran But Not France
- Authors
- H Xiong (Author) - University of QueenslandD Campelo (Author) - University of QueenslandA Boutellis (Author) - Aix-Marseille Universite, FranceD Raoult (Author) - Aix-Marseille Universite, FranceM Alem (Author) - University of Gondar, EthiopiaJ Ali (Author) - University of Gondar, EthiopiaK Bilcha (Author) - University of Gondar, EthiopiaRenfu Shao (Author) - University of QueenslandR J Pollack (Author) - IdentifyUS LLC, United StatesS C Barker (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Journal of Medical Entomology, Vol.51(6), pp.1199-1207
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date published
- 2014
- DOI
- 10.1603/ME14001
- ISSN
- 0022-2585
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448903902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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