Bacterial profiling of head lice isolated from the Orang Asli: A first report in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Abd Majid, M. A., Khoo, J-J, Lim, F-S, Khor, Chee Sieng, Loong, Shih Keng, Low, V-L, Lee, H-Y, AbuBakar, S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36192/

This study was carried out to determine from bacterial profiling to the bacterial profiles of head lice among the Orang Asli communities. The head lice were collected from Orang Ash community volunteers. The surface sterilized head lice pools were subjected to genomic DNA extraction while next gener...