Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Infection and Immunity
Publication Date
3-2001
Volume
69
Issue
3
Disciplines
Biology | Life Sciences
Abstract
A laboratory colony of human body lice was experimentally infected by feeding on rabbits made artificially bacteremic with a green fluorescent protein-expressing Bartonella quintana. B. quintana was detected in the gut and feces until death but not in the eggs. The life span of the lice was not modified. The rabbit model should provide valuable clues to the role of lice in the transmission of B. quintana.
DOI
10.1128/IAI.69.3.1876-1879.2001
Recommended Citation
Fournier, Pierre-Edouard; Minnick, Michael F.; Lepidi, Hubert; Salvo, Eric; and Raoult, Didier, "Experimental Model of Human Body Louse Infection Using Green Fluorescent Protein-Expressing Bartonella Quintana" (2001). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 141.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/biosci_pubs/141