Multispacer sequence typing relapsing fever Borreliae in Africa.

• Autores principales: Haitham Elbir (Autor), Gregory Gimenez (Autor), Cheikh Sokhna (Autor), Kassahun Desalegn Bilcha (Autor), Jemal Ali (Autor), Stephen C Barker (Autor), Sally J Cutler (Autor), Didier Raoult (Autor), Michel Drancourt (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: 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...