Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May;19(5):796-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1905.121480.
Since the 1800s, the only known vector of Borrelia recurrentis has been the body louse. In 2011, we found B. recurrentis DNA in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia. Whether head lice can transmit these bacteria from one person to another remains to be determined.
自 19 世纪以来,已知的回归热螺旋体唯一载体一直是体虱。2011 年,我们在埃塞俄比亚因虱传回归热而就医的患者的头虱中发现了 23%的回归热螺旋体 DNA。头虱是否能将这些细菌从一个人传播到另一个人还有待确定。