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Retraction Note: Molecular investigation and genetic diversity of Pediculus and Pthirus lice in France

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Retraction Note: Parasites Vectors (2020) 13:177 https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/s13071-020-04036-y


The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this paper because the authors could not provide evidence of approval from an appropriate ethics committee.

Nadia Amanzougaghene, Philippe Gautret, Oleg Mediannikov, Florence Fenollar, and Arezki Izri disagree with this retraction. Tran Duc Anh Ly and Bernard Davoust did not respond to correspondence from the Publisher regarding this retraction.

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Amanzougaghene, N., Mediannikov, O., Ly, T.D.A. et al. Retraction Note: Molecular investigation and genetic diversity of Pediculus and Pthirus lice in France. Parasites Vectors 18, 29 (2025). https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/s13071-025-06672-8

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