| T number | T01223 |
| Org_code | phu |
| Name | Pediculus humanus corporis (human body louse) |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 121224 |
| Lineage | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Paraneoptera; Psocodea; Phthiraptera; Anoplura; Pediculidae; Pediculus |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
KEGG organisms: animals [BR:br08612] |
| Data source | RefSeq (Assembly: GCF_000006295.1 Scaffold)
BioProject: 19807 |
| Original DB | VectorBase |
| Keywords | Human pathogen |
| Disease | H01054 Pediculosis |
| Comment | Obligatory parasite of humans.
Important vector for human diseases, including epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, and trench fever.
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| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 10773
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| Created | 2010 |
| Reference | PMID: 20566863 |
| Authors | Kirkness EF, Haas BJ, Sun W, Braig HR, Perotti MA, Clark JM, Lee SH, Robertson HM, Kennedy RC, Elhaik E, et al. |
| Title | Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle. |
| Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:12168-73 (2010)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003379107 |
Pediculus humanus corporis (human body louse)