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Volume 23, Number 11—November 2017
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Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia

Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Andrea C. Márquez, Diana M. Bravo-Estupiñan, Omar-Javier Calixto, Christian A. López-Castillo, Carlos A. Botero-García, Marylin Hidalgo, and Claudia CuervoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil (Á.A. Faccini-Martínez); Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia (A.C. Márquez, D.M. Bravo-Estupiñan, M. Hidalgo, C. Cuervo); Hasselt University, Brussels, Belgium (O.-J. Calixto); Asociación Colombiana de Infectología, Bogotá (C.A. López-Castillo); Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá (C.A. Botero-García)

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Figure 1

Homeless man infested by body lice, Bogotá, Colombia, 2015. A) Body lice and eggs in clothing seams. B) Pruritic and scratching lesions on the man’s body. C) Adult female body louse collected from clothing.

Figure 1. Homeless man infested by body lice, Bogotá, Colombia, 2015. A) Body lice and eggs in clothing seams. B) Pruritic and scratching lesions on the man’s body. C) Adult female body louse collected from clothing.

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