First molecular detection of Rickettsia africae in ticks from the Union of the Comoros

BACKGROUND: Rickettsia africae is the agent of African tick bite fever, a disease transmitted by ticks in sub-Saharan Africa. In Union of the Comoros, a recent study reported the presence of a Rickettsia africae vector but no information has been provided on the circulation of the pathogenic agent i...

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Autores principales: Yssouf, Amina, Socolovschi, Cristina, Kernif, Tahar, Temmam, Sarah, Lagadec, Erwan, Tortosa, Pablo, Parola, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25245895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-444

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