Endemic Foci of the Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia crocidurae in Mali, West Africa, and the Potential for Human Infection

BACKGROUND: Tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes are maintained in endemic foci that involve a diversity of small mammals and argasid ticks in the genus Ornithodoros. Most epidemiological studies of tick-borne relapsing fever in West Africa caused by Borrelia crocidurae have been conducted in Sene...

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Autores principales: Schwan, Tom G., Anderson, Jennifer M., Lopez, Job E., Fischer, Robert J., Raffel, Sandra J., McCoy, Brandi N., Safronetz, David, Sogoba, Nafomon, Maïga, Ousmane, Traoré, Sékou F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001924

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001924

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