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Table 1 Head lice in clade A and C and Acinetobacter spp. detection in Thailand

From: Molecular survey of the head louse Pediculus humanus capitis in Thailand and its potential role for transmitting Acinetobacter spp.

Regions

Sample no. (n)

COI gene

rpoB gene

Species identification

Clade A (n)

Clade C (n)

Acinetobacter species (n)

% infection rate in Thailand

Northern

34

27

7

3

1.09

A. baumannii (n = 1)

A. radioresistens (n = 2)

Central

44

25

19

0

0.00

 

Northeastern

55

37

18

2

0.72

A. baumannii (n = 2)

Southern

79

46

33

3

1.09

A. baumannii (n = 1)

A. radioresistens (n = 1)

A. schindleri (n = 1)

Western

51

47

4

1

0.36

A. schindleri (n = 1)

Eastern

12

11

1

1

0.36

A. radioresistens (n = 1)

Total

275

193

82

10

3.62