Changing Demographics and Prevalence of Body Lice among Homeless Persons, Marseille, France
The prevalence of body lice among 2,288 sheltered homeless persons in the city of Marseille during 2000–2017 was 12.2% and significantly decreased over time. We report a positive association between body lice infestations and older age, duration of stays in France for migrants, frequent consumption...
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| author | Tran Duc Anh Ly Youssoupha Touré Clément Calloix Sékéné Badiaga Didier Raoult Hervé Tissot-Dupont Philippe Brouqui Philippe Gautret |
| author_facet | Tran Duc Anh Ly Youssoupha Touré Clément Calloix Sékéné Badiaga Didier Raoult Hervé Tissot-Dupont Philippe Brouqui Philippe Gautret |
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| description | The prevalence of body lice among 2,288 sheltered homeless persons in the city of Marseille during 2000–2017 was 12.2% and significantly decreased over time. We report a positive association between body lice infestations and older age, duration of stays in France for migrants, frequent consumption of alcohol, and tobacco smoking. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9564c6f20e214a53b750639ba6ee380e2022-12-22T03:18:46ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592017-11-0123111894189710.3201/eid2311.170516Changing Demographics and Prevalence of Body Lice among Homeless Persons, Marseille, FranceTran Duc Anh LyYoussoupha TouréClément CalloixSékéné BadiagaDidier RaoultHervé Tissot-DupontPhilippe BrouquiPhilippe GautretThe prevalence of body lice among 2,288 sheltered homeless persons in the city of Marseille during 2000–2017 was 12.2% and significantly decreased over time. We report a positive association between body lice infestations and older age, duration of stays in France for migrants, frequent consumption of alcohol, and tobacco smoking.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/11/17-0516_articleHomelessbody licelousedelousingrisk factorsalcohol |
| spellingShingle | Tran Duc Anh Ly Youssoupha Touré Clément Calloix Sékéné Badiaga Didier Raoult Hervé Tissot-Dupont Philippe Brouqui Philippe Gautret Changing Demographics and Prevalence of Body Lice among Homeless Persons, Marseille, France Emerging Infectious Diseases Homeless body lice louse delousing risk factors alcohol |
| title | Changing Demographics and Prevalence of Body Lice among Homeless Persons, Marseille, France |
| title_full | Changing Demographics and Prevalence of Body Lice among Homeless Persons, Marseille, France |
| title_fullStr | Changing Demographics and Prevalence of Body Lice among Homeless Persons, Marseille, France |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changing Demographics and Prevalence of Body Lice among Homeless Persons, Marseille, France |
| title_short | Changing Demographics and Prevalence of Body Lice among Homeless Persons, Marseille, France |
| title_sort | changing demographics and prevalence of body lice among homeless persons marseille france |
| topic | Homeless body lice louse delousing risk factors alcohol |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/11/17-0516_article |
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