TABLE 1.
Sources of body lice and PCR results
| Country | Population sampled or time of sampling | No. of samples | No. of samples with the following result:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. prowazekii positive | B. quintana positive | B. recurrentis positive | |||
| Congo | Inhabitants of refugee camps | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | Homeless people in Harare | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Burundi | During typhus outbreak | ||||
| Burundi jail | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burundi refugee camp | 63 | 22 | 6 | 0 | |
| After typhus outbreak (refugee cap) | 91 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| France | Homeless people in Marseille | 75 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Russia | Homeless people in Moscow | 268 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Peru | Rural communities | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0 |