Table 1.

Experimental studies confirming body lice as vectors of bacterial pathogens

Pathogen	References
R. prowazekii	[20, 49, 52]
R. rickettsii	[53]
R. conorii/R. typhi	[54]
B. quintana	[49, 55]
B. recurrentis	[49, 56, 57]
Yersinia pestis	[7, 58]
Acinetobacter spp.	[59, 60]