RETRACTION article
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.
Sec. Parasite and Host
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1654624
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Retraction: The Presence of Acinetobacter baumannii DNA on the Skin of Homeless People and Its Relationship With Body Lice Infestation. Preliminary Results.
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A Retraction of the Brief Research Report The Presence of Acinetobacter baumannii DNA on the Skin of Homeless People and Its Relationship With Body Lice Infestation. Preliminary ResultsBy Ly TDA, Kerbaj J, Edouard S, Hoang VT, Louni M, Dao TL, Benkouiten S, Badiaga S, TissotDupont H, Raoult D, Brouqui P, Mediannikov O and Gautret P (2019) The Presence of Acinetobacter baumannii DNA on the Skin of Homeless People and Its Relationship With Body Lice Infestation. Preliminary Results. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 9:86. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00086Following publication, it was brought to our attention that the ethical approval for this study referred to the same ethics approval number 2010-A01406-33 that had been used across a series of unrelated published studies (1–18). It remains unclear whether appropriate ethics provisions, in line with Frontiers Policies and Publication Ethics policies were adhered to. The authors and a representative of Aix-Marseille Université Ethics Committee were not able to address all our concerns. As such, this article is retracted.This retraction was approved by the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors do not agree with this retraction.References:1. Ly TDA, Hadjadj L, Hoang VT, Goumbala N, Dao TL, Badiaga S, et al. Enteric pathogenic bacteria and resistance gene carriage in the homeless population in Marseille, France. 2021 Jan 27 [cited 2025 Jun 6]; Available from: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/030/68/1/article-p7.xml2. Ly TDA, Hoang VT, Louni M, Dao TL, Badiaga S, Tissot-Dupont H, et al. Epidemiological serosurvey and molecular characterization of sexually transmitted infections among 1890 sheltered homeless people in Marseille: Cross-sectional one day-surveys (2000–2015). J Infect. 2021 Jan 1;82(1):60–6. 3. Ly TDA, Edouard S, Badiaga S, Tissot-Dupont H, Hoang VT, Pommier de Santi V, et al. Epidemiology of respiratory pathogen carriage in the homeless population within two shelters in Marseille, France, 2015–2017: cross sectional 1-day surveys. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Feb 1;25(2):249.e1-249.e6. 4. Veracx A, Rivet R, McCoy KD, Brouqui P, Raoult D. Evidence That Head and Body Lice on Homeless Persons Have the Same Genotype. PLOS ONE. 2012 Sep 26;7(9):e45903. 5. Drali R, Abi-Rached L, Boutellis A, Djossou F, Barker SC, Raoult D. Host switching of human lice to new world monkeys in South America. Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Apr 1;39:225–31. 6. Ly TDA, Amanzougaghene N, Hoang VT, Dao TL, Louni M, Mediannikov O, et al. Molecular Evidence of Bacteria in Clothes Lice Collected from Homeless People Living in Shelters in Marseille. Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2020 Nov;20(11):872–4. 7. Ly TDA, Dao TL, Hoang VT, Braunstein D, Brouqui P, Lagier JC, et al. Pattern of infections in French and migrant homeless hospitalised at Marseille infectious disease units, France: A retrospective study, 2017–2018. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 1;36:101768. 8. Anh LTD, Perieres L, Hoang VT, Dao TL, Gautret P. Pneumococcal infections and homelessness. J Prev Med Hyg. 2021;62(4):E950–E950. 9. Ly TDA, Holi-Jamovski F, Hoang VT, Dao TL, Drancourt M, Gautret P. Preliminary Feasibility Study of Questionnaire-based Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Screening in Marseille Sheltered Homeless People, Winter 2018. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2019 Jun 1;9(2):143–5. 10. Ly TDA, Louni M, Hoang VT, Dao TL, Badiaga S, Brouqui P, et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Epidemiological serosurvey of vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens among homeless people living in shelters in Marseille: cross-sectional one-day surveys (2005–2015). Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 1;39(9):1663–72. 11. Amanzougaghene N, Mediannikov O, Ly TDA, Gautret P, Davoust B, Fenollar F, et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Molecular investigation andgenetic diversity of Pediculus and Pthirus lice in France. Parasit Vectors. 2020 Apr 7;13(1):177. 12. Ly TDA, Hoang VT, Goumballa N, Louni M, Canard N, Dao TL, et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Variations in respiratory pathogen carriage among a homeless population in a shelter for men in Marseille, France, March–July 2020: cross-sectional 1-day surveys. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 1;40(7):1579–82. 13. Drali R, Benkouiten S, Badiaga S, Bitam I, Rolain JM, Brouqui P. RETRACTED: Detection of a Knockdown Resistance Mutation Associated with Permethrin Resistance in the Body Louse Pediculus humanus corporis by Use of Melting Curve Analysis Genotyping. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Jul;50(7):2229–33. 14. Ly TDA, Holi-Jamovski F, Hoang VT, Goumballa N, Louni M, Dao TL, et al. Screening Strategy of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Sheltered Homeless People in Marseille, 2019. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021 Mar 1;11(1):124–31. 15. 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Keywords: body lice, Homeless, Acinetobacter baumannii, Skin, ompA/motB
Received: 26 Jun 2025; Accepted: 27 Jun 2025.
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