African relapsing fever borreliae genomospecies revealed by comparative genomics

• Main Authors: Haitham eElbir (Author), Laurent eAbi-Rached (Author), Pierre ePontarotti (Author), Niayz eYoosuf (Author), Michel eDRANCOURT (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background:<br/>Relapsing fever borreliae are vector-borne bacteria responsible for febrile infection in humans in North America, Africa, Asia and in the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. Relapsing fever borreliae are phylogenetically closely related, yet they differ in pathogenicity and vectors. T...