Table 1. Prevalences of infections in body lice collected in various areas of the world.
| Detectiona of |
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| Country | Source, yr | Referenceb | No. | Rickettsia prowazekii (no., %) | Bartonella quintana (no., %) |
| Body lice | |||||
| France | Homeless in Marseille, 1998–2001 | PSc | 324 | 0 | 32 (9.9%) |
| France | Homeless shelter in Marseille, 2000 | (13) | 161 | 0 | 42 (26.1%) |
| France | Isolated homeless in Marseille, 1998 | (10) | 75 | 0 | 3 (4.0%) |
| The Netherlands | Homeless in Utrecht, 2001 | PS | 25 | 0 | 9 (36.0%) |
| Russia | Homeless in Moscow, 1998 | (10) | 268 | 0 | 33 (12.3%) |
| Tunisia | Homeless in Sousse, 2000 | PS | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Algeria | Homeless in Batna, 2001 | PS | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Congo | Refugee camp, 1998 | (10) | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Burundi | During typhus outbreak | ||||
| Jail, 1997 | (10) | 10 | 2 (20%) | 0 | |
| Refugee camp, 1997 | (10) | 63 | 22 (35%) | 6 (9.5%) | |
| After typhus outbreak | |||||
| Refugee camp, 1998 | (10) | 91 | 0 | 13 (14.3%) | |
| Refugee camp, 1998 | PS | 38 | 0 | 8 (21.0%) | |
| Refugee camp, 2000 | PS | 111 | 0 | 100 (90%) | |
| Refugee camp, 2001 | PS | 33 | 7 (21%) | 31 (93.9%) | |
| Rwanda | Jail, 2001 | PS | 262 | 19 (7%) | 6 (2.3%) |
| Zimbabwe | Homeless in Harare, 1998 | (10) | 12 | 0 | 2 (16.7%) |
| Australia | Homeless in , 2001 | PS | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peru | Andean rural population | (10) | 73 | 0 | 1 (1.4%) |
| Peru | Andean rural population | PS | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Head lice | |||||
| France | Schoolchildren | PS | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | Schoolchildren | PS | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Russia | Schoolchildren | PS | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Algeria | Schoolchildren | PS | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Burundi | Schoolchildren | PS | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| China | Schoolchildren | PS | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | Schoolchildren | PS | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | Schoolchildren | PS | 3 | 0 | 0 |
aBorrelia recurrentis could not be detected in any of the tested lice. bData previously reported in the indicated reference. cPS, present study.