Multispacer sequence typing relapsing fever Borreliae in Africa.

• Auteurs principaux: Haitham Elbir (Auteur), Gregory Gimenez (Auteur), Cheikh Sokhna (Auteur), Kassahun Desalegn Bilcha (Auteur), Jemal Ali (Auteur), Stephen C Barker (Auteur), Sally J Cutler (Auteur), Didier Raoult (Auteur), Michel Drancourt (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: 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...