Web:Pediculus humanus homepage

From VectorBase Help System

	Pediculus humanus Homepage
Go to the Pediculus humanus homepage.

Contents 1 Pediculus humanus 1.1 Source of the USDA strain used in sequencing 2 Genome 3 References 4 Links to VectorBase site

[edit] Pediculus humanus

[edit] Source of the USDA strain used in sequencing

The human body louse DNA (Pediculus humanus humanus strain) was provided by Dr. John Clark of the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Clark's colony originated from the colony maintained in Dr. Kosta Mumcuoglu’s laboratory (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel). Dr. Mumcuoglu’s louse colony was established from the strain maintained at the USDA laboratory (Gainesville, FL). The colony has been maintained at the University of Massachusetts on rabbits for 8 years. According to the initial report by Culpepper ^[1], he first colonized the body lice in 1942 at the laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (Orlando, FL). In 1945, Culpepper successfully reared his body lice on rabbits ^[2]. It is not clear if the louse strain maintained at the USDA Gainesville laboratory was from Culpepper’s strain although the rearing methods were identical to those of Culpepper ^[1][3].

[edit] Genome

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} G.H. Culpepper (1944). The rearing and maintenance of a laboratory colony of the body louse. American Journal of Tropical Medicine 24 327-329.
2. ↑ G.H. Culpepper (1948). Rearing and maintaining a laboratory colony of body lice on rabbits. American Journal of Tropical Medicine 28 499-504.
3. ↑ M.M. Cole (1966). Body lice. In: C.N. Smith (Ed.), Insect Colonization and Mass Production, Academic Press, New York, pp. 15-24.

[edit] Links to VectorBase site