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Table 2 Detection of head lice clades and pathogens in the Nigerien refugees (migrant population) and schoolchildren (non-migrant population) in eastern Algiers, Algeria

From: Detection of bacterial pathogens in clade E head lice collected from Niger’s refugees in Algeria

Location

Population

No. lice tested (%)

Clade of lice (no.) %

Haplotype (no.) %

Pathogen (no.) %

Bab Ezzouar

Nigerien refugees

37 (45.12)

E (37/37) 100

E52: (26/37) 70.27

Coxiella burnetii (3/37) 8.10

E53: (5/37) 13.51

Acinetobacter baumannii (20/37) 54.05

E54: (4/37) 10.81

E55: (2/37) 5.40

Schoolchildren

7 (8.53)

A (3/7) 42.85

A5 (3/7) 42.85

Acinetobacter johnsonii (11/45) 24.44

B (4/7) 57.14

B36 (4/7) 57.14

Acinetobacter variabilis (3/45) 6.66

El Mohammadia

Schoolchildren

11 (13.41)

A (9/11) 81.81

A5 (9/11) 81.81

Acinetobacter johnsonii (7/45) 15.55

B (2/11) 18.18

B36 (2/11) 18.18

Acinetobacter variabilis (7/45) 15.55

Acinetobacter baumannii (4/45) 8.88

Bordj El kiffan

Schoolchildren

27 (32.92)

A (20/27) 74.07

A5 (20/27) 74.07

Acinetobacter johnsonii (6/45) 13.33

B (7/27) 25.92

B36 (7/27) 25.92

Acinetobacter variabilis (2/45) 4.44

Total

2

82 (100)

A (34/82) 41.46

E52: (26/37) 70.27

Coxiella burnetii (3/82) 3.65

B (11/82) 13.41

E53: (5/37) 13.51

Acinetobacter baumannii (29/82) 35.36

E (37/82) 45.12

E54: (4/37) 10.81

Acinetobacter johnsonii (24/82) 29.26

E55: (2/37) 5.40

Acinetobacter variabilis (12/82) 14.63

A5 (34/82) 41.46

B36 (11/82) 13.41