| head lice of pygmies reveal the presence of relapsing fever borreliae in the republic of congo. | head lice, pediculus humanus capitis, occur in four divergent mitochondrial clades (a, b, c and d), each having particular geographical distributions. recent studies suggest that head lice, as is the case of body lice, can act as a vector for louse-borne diseases. therefore, understanding the genetic diversity of lice worldwide is of critical importance to our understanding of the risk of louse-borne diseases. | 2016 | 27911894 |