Multispacer sequence typing relapsing fever Borreliae in Africa.

• Main Authors: Haitham Elbir (Author), Gregory Gimenez (Author), Cheikh Sokhna (Author), Kassahun Desalegn Bilcha (Author), Jemal Ali (Author), Stephen C Barker (Author), Sally J Cutler (Author), Didier Raoult (Author), Michel Drancourt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...