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Tick-borne relapsing fever borreliosis, rural senegal.
- Source :
-
Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2011 May; Vol. 17 (5), pp. 883-5. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Detecting spirochetes remains challenging in cases of African tick-borne relapsing fever. Using real-time PCR specific for the 16S rRNA Borrelia gene, we found 27 (13%) of 206 samples from febrile patients in rural Senegal to be positive, whereas thick blood smear examinations conducted at dispensaries identified only 4 (2%) as positive.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Borrelia genetics
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Genes, Bacterial genetics
Humans
Male
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics
Relapsing Fever drug therapy
Relapsing Fever epidemiology
Relapsing Fever transmission
Senegal epidemiology
Young Adult
Borrelia physiology
Relapsing Fever diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6059
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21529402
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.100573