Parasites & Vectors


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Phylogenetic relationship between the endosymbiont “Candidatus Riesia pediculicola” and its human louse host

Citation
Hammoud et al. (2022). Parasites & Vectors 15 (1)
Names
Ca. Riesia pediculicola
Abstract
Abstract Background The human louse (Pediculus humanus) is a haematophagous ectoparasite that is intimately related to its host. It has been of great public health concern throughout human history. This louse has been classified into six divergent mitochondrial clades (A, D, B, F, C and E). As with all haematophagous lice, P. humanus directly depends on the presence of a bacterial symbiont, known as “Candidatus Riesia pediculicola”, to complement their unbalanced