Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Dispatch
Altitude-dependent Bartonella quintana Genotype C in Head Lice, Ethiopia
Emmanouil Angelakis, Georges Diatta, Alemseged Abdissa, Jean-François Trape, Oleg Mediannikov, Hervé Richet, and Didier Raoult
Table
Bartonella quintana in body and head lice from 7 different locations in Ethiopia
| Location (altitude) | No. persons tested | No. head lice tested/no. persons | No. body lice tested/no. persons | No. (%) head lice with B. quintana | No. (%) body lice with B. quintana | No. (%) persons with head lice | No. (%) persons with body lice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizan Teferi (1,451 m) | 35 | 66/29 | 53/32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Agaro (1,560 m) | 15 | 19/15 | 25/15 | 0 | 2 (8) | 0 | 1 (7) |
| Dembi (1,679 m) | 19 | 34/15 | 187/19 | 0 | 55 (29) | 0 | 11 (57) |
| Tum (1,830 m) | 18 | 54/18 | 52/15 | 0 | 15 (28) | 0 | 4 (26) |
| Balt (2,050 m) | 12 | 19/12 | 44/12 | 0 | 4 (9) | 0 | 1 (8) |
| Tikemit Eshet (2,121 m) | 18 | 32/15 | 20/12 | 6 (18) | 0 | 3 (20) | 0 |
| Gibarku (2,395 m) | 17 | 47/17 | 43/17 | 13 (27) | 0 | 6 (35) | 0 |
| Total | 134 | 271/121 | 424/122 | 19 (7) | 76 (18) | 9 (7) | 17 (14) |
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