Laboratory diagnosis of tick-borne African relapsing fevers: latest developments

In Africa, relapsing fevers caused by ectoparasite-borne Borrelia species are transmitted by ticks, with the exception of Borrelia recurrentis, which is a louse-borne spirochete. These tropical diseases responsible for mild to deadly spirochetemia. Cultured B. crocidurae, B. duttonii and B. hispanic...

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Main Authors: Aurélien eFotso Fotso, Michel eDRANCOURT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00254/full