Experimental model of human body louse infection using green fluorescent protein-expressing Bartonella quintana

Authors
Fournier, PE Minnick, MF Lepidi, H Salvo, E Raoult, D
Citation
Pe. Fournier et al., Experimental model of human body louse infection using green fluorescent protein-expressing Bartonella quintana, INFEC IMMUN, 69(3), 2001, pp. 1876-1879
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology
Journal title
INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
ISSN journal
00199567 → ACNP
Volume
69
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1876 - 1879
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(200103)69:3<1876:EMOHBL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A laboratory colony of human body lice was experimentally infected by feedi ng on rabbits made artificially bacteremic with a green fluorescent protein -expressing Bartonella quintana. B. quintana was detected in the gut and fe ces until death but not in the eggs. The life span of the lice was not modi fied. The rabbit model should provide valuable clues to the role of lice in the transmission of B. quintana.