Tick-borne rickettsioses, neglected emerging diseases in rural Senegal.

• Main Authors: Oleg Mediannikov (Author), Georges Diatta (Author), Florence Fenollar (Author), Cheikh Sokhna (Author), Jean-François Trape (Author), Didier Raoult (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Rickettsioses are one of the most important causes of systemic febrile illness among travelers from developed countries, but little is known about their incidence in indigenous populations, especially in West Africa. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Overall seroprevalence evaluated by imm...