Epidemiology of tick-borne borreliosis in Morocco.

• Main Authors: Georges Diatta (Author), Yassine Souidi (Author), Laurent Granjon (Author), Céline Arnathau (Author), Patrick Durand (Author), Gilles Chauvancy (Author), Youssouph Mané (Author), M'hammed Sarih (Author), Driss Belghyti (Author), François Renaud (Author), Jean-François Trape (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: The presence in Morocco of Argasid ticks of the Ornithodoros erraticus complex, the vector of tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in North Africa, has been known since 1919, but the disease is rarely diagnosed and few epidemiological data are available. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Betw...