Detection of relapsing fever Borrelia spp., Bartonella spp. and Anaplasmataceae bacteria in argasid ticks in Algeria.

• Main Authors: Ismail Lafri (Author), Basma El Hamzaoui (Author), Idir Bitam (Author), Hamza Leulmi (Author), Reda Lalout (Author), Oleg Mediannikov (Author), Mohamed Chergui (Author), Mohamed Karakellah (Author), Didier Raoult (Author), Philippe Parola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Argasid ticks (soft ticks) are blood-feeding arthropods that can parasitize rodents, birds, humans, livestock and companion animals. Ticks of the Ornithodoros genus are known to be vectors of relapsing fever borreliosis in humans. In Algeria, little is known about relapsing fever borreliosis and oth...