Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Borreliosis, Rural Senegal
Detecting spirochetes remains challenging in cases of African tick-borne relapsing fever. Using real-time PCR specific for the 16S rRNA Borrelia gene, we found 27 (13%) of 206 samples from febrile patients in rural Senegal to be positive, whereas thick blood smear examinations conducted at dispensar...
Main Authors: | Philippe Parola, Georges Diatta, Cristina Socolovschi, Oleg Mediannikov, Adama Tall, Hubert Bassene, Jean François Trape, Didier Raoult |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2011-05-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/5/10-0573_article |
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