Multispacer sequence typing relapsing fever Borreliae in Africa.

• Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Haitham Elbir (Údar), Gregory Gimenez (Údar), Cheikh Sokhna (Údar), Kassahun Desalegn Bilcha (Údar), Jemal Ali (Údar), Stephen C Barker (Údar), Sally J Cutler (Údar), Didier Raoult (Údar), Michel Drancourt (Údar)
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• Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: In Africa, relapsing fevers are neglected arthropod-borne infections caused by closely related Borrelia species. They cause mild to deadly undifferentiated fever particularly severe in pregnant women. Lack of a tool to genotype these Borrelia organisms limits knowledge regarding their re...