@article {84,
	title = {Detection of Bartonella quintana from body lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae) infesting homeless people in Tokyo by molecular technique},
	journal = {Journal of Medical Entomology},
	volume = {39},
	year = {2002},
	month = {2002},
	pages = {427 - 429},
	abstract = {We report detection of Bartonella quintana Brenner, the pathogenic agent of trench fever, from body lice, Pediculus humanus L., infesting homeless people in Tokyo by polymerase chain reaction. Two of 12 (16.7\%) homeless were infested with Bartonella-positive body lice. From the current status of the recent increase of homeless people in many large cities of the developed countries, a medical examination of homeless people should be carefully performed in the consideration of trench fever. Sampling of body lice from clothing of homeless people is recommended for quick and accurate diagnosis of trench fever through the detection of B. quintana DNA.},
	keywords = {animals, Bartonella quintana/genetics/isolation \& purification, dna, homeless, humans, Japan, Lice Infestations/parasitology, Pediculus, polymerase, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, trench fever},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/44866.pdf},
	author = {Sasaki,Toshinori and Kobayashi,Mutsuo and Agui,Noriaki}
}
@article {26,
	title = {Molecular Characterization of Two Acetylcholinesterase cDNAs in Pediculus Human Lice},
	journal = {Journal of Medical Entomology},
	volume = {44},
	year = {2007},
	month = {2007},
	pages = {72 - 79},
	abstract = {Two cDNA sequences encoding Drosophila Ace-orthologous and -paralogous acetylcholinesterase precursors (AO- and AP-AChE precursors, respectively), were identified from the body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus L. In vitro inhibition studies with an insecticide-susceptible body louse strain exhibited a simplex inhibitory response of AChE. The I50 values of fenitroxon and carbaryl were estimated to be 2.2 and 1.9 μM for the susceptible lice, respectively. The mRNA level of AP-AChE gene was 3.1- and 9.3-fold higher than that of AO-AChE gene in the abdomen and the combined parts of the head and thorax, respectively, suggesting, due to its abundance, the potential significance of the AP-AChE isoform in Pediculus human lice in association with the efficacy of AChE-targeting pediculicides.},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/46717.pdf},
	author = {Lee,Si-Woo and Kasai,Shinji and Komagata,Osamu and Kobayashi,Mutsuo and Agui,Noriaki and Kono,Yoshiaki and Tomita,Takashi}
}
@article {32,
	title = {First Molecular Evidence of Bartonella quintana in Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae), Collected from Nepalese Children},
	journal = {Journal of Medical Entomology},
	volume = {43},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006},
	pages = {110 - 112},
	abstract = {Trench fever is a body louse-borne disease caused by Bartonella quintana Brenner. The recent status of louse infestation in Nepalese children is not well known. We collected head and body lice, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer and Pediculus humanus humanus L., respectively, from 30 children, including 11 cases of double infestation with both head and body lice. Detection of B. quintana in both louse species identified was carried out by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR products with B. quintana DNA sequences were detected in both head and body lice from two children as well as in body lice derived from two other children. These results demonstrate that head lice may also play a role in the transmission of trench fever.},
	keywords = {Bartonella, ediculosis, head lice, Nepal, PCR, quintana, trench fever},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/46198.pdf},
	author = {Sasaki,Toshinori and Poudel,Shree Kanta S. and Isawa,Haruhiko and Hayashi,Toshihiko and Seki,Naomi and Tomita,Takashi and Sawabe,Kyoko and Kobayashi,Mutsuo}
}
@article {33,
	title = {First Molecular Evidence of Bartonella quintana in Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae), Collected from Nepalese Children [authors{\textquoteright} reply]},
	journal = {Journal of Medical Entomology},
	volume = {43},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006},
	pages = {788},
	abstract = {Response of authors to published comments by Parola, P., P.-E. Fournier, and D. Raoult. 2006. Bartonella quintana, lice, and molecular tools. J. Med. Entomol. 43:787.
Poudel,},
	keywords = {Bartonella, ediculosis, head lice, Nepal, PCR, quintana, reply, trench fever},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/46606.pdf},
	author = {Sasaki,Toshinori and Poudel,Shree Kanta S. and Isawa,Haruhiko and Hayashi,Toshihiko and Seki,Naomi and Tomita,Takashi and Sawabe,Kyoko and Kobayashi,Mutsuo}
}
