Small Insects Found On
Used Clothing For Sale In Market Place
Lice, like ticks, can harbor the multiple pathogens. In this case, a used tee-shirt that was for sale in an outdoor market was found infected with lice.
Just something to consider...
QUOTE- "In October 2018, a woman found small insects on a T-shirt bought second-hand in a local street market in a village 35 km south of Rome (central Italy).
Insects were identified both morphologically and by molecular analysis. Moreover, they were analyzed molecularly for the presence of Rickettsia prowazekii, Borrelia recurrentis, Bartonella quintana, Coxiella burnetii and Yersinia pestis."
Parasit Vectors. 2019 May 3;12(1):201. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3458-z.
Report of the human body louse (Pediculus humanus) from clothes sold in a market in central Italy.
De Liberato C1, Magliano A2, Romiti F2, Menegon M3, Mancini F3, Ciervo A3, Di Luca M3, Toma L3.
Link Here
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31053177