Table 1.
Distribution of B. quintana DNA in head lice (N = 616) and body lice (N = 424) collected from African countries during 1999–2012
| Country/area | Lice analyzed | Positive B. quintana DNA (%) | Cytb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head lice | Body lice | Head lice | Body lice | Head lice | Body lice | |
| Senegal | ||||||
| Yeumbeul | 101 | 0 | 0 | − | Clade A2 | − |
| Malika | 69 | 0 | 0 | − | Clade A2 | − |
| Dielmo village | 71 | 0 | 2 (2.8) | − | Clade A2 | − |
| Ndiop village | 77 | 0 | 0 (0) | − | Clade C | − |
| Keur Massar | 63 | 0 | 0 | − | Clade A2 | − |
| Total | 381 | 0 | 2 (0.52) | |||
| Madagascar | ||||||
| Borenty village | 0 | 9 | − | 1 (11.1) | − | Clade A2 |
| Tsiroanomandidy | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Clade A2 | Clade A2 |
| Anjozorobe | 39 | 0 | 2 (5.1) | − | Clade A2 | − |
| Bedaro village | 15 | 0 | 0 | − | Clade A2 | − |
| Total | 75 | 22 | 2 (2.66) | 1 (4.54) | ||
| Ethiopia | ||||||
| Gondar | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Clade C | Clade A2 |
| Mali | ||||||
| Diankabou | 92 | 0 | 0 | − | Clade C | − |
| Kenya | ||||||
| Nairobi | 0 | 37 | − | 27 (72.9) | − | Clade A2 |
| Rwanda | ||||||
| Kigali | 0 | 166 | − | 149 (89.7) | − | Clade A2 |
| Burundi | ||||||
| Bujumbura | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 (10) | Clade A2 | Clade A |
| Congo | ||||||
| RDC | 35 | 154 | 6 (17.1) | 50 (32.5) | Clade A2 | Clade A2 |
| Algeria | ||||||
| Batna | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Clades A and B | Clade A2 |
| Total | 616 | 424 | 10 (1.6) | 228 (53.7) | ||