@article{fdi:010065304,
  title = {{U}biquitous bacteria {B}orrelia crocidurae in {W}estern {A}frican ticks {O}rnithodoros sonrai},
  author = {{E}lbir, {H}. and {F}otso{F}otso, {A}. and {D}iatta, {G}. and {T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {A}rnathau, {C}. and {R}enaud, {F}. and {D}urand, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {I}n {W}est {A}frica, tick-borne relapsing fever is a neglected arthropod-borne infection caused by {B}orrelia crocidurae transmitted by the argasid tick {O}rnithodoros sonrai. {F}rom an epidemiological point of view, it is of interest to know whether some genotypes of the vector are specialized in carrying certain genotypes of the pathogen. {F}indings: {T}hirty-five {O}. sonrai ticks collected in {M}ali, {S}enegal, {M}auritania and {M}orocco confirmed to be {B}. crocidurae-infected, were genotyped by 16{S} r{RNA} gene sequencing. {B}. crocidurae was genotyped by {M}ultispacer {S}equence {T}yping. {T}he 35 {O}. sonrai ticks grouped into 12 genotypes with strong geographical structuration. {MST} resolved the 35 {B}. crocidurae isolates into 29 genotypes with pairwise divergence of 0.09-1.56 % without strict geographical structuration as genotype {ST}22 was found in {M}ali, {S}enegal and {M}auritania. {T}here was no evidence of tick-borrelia specialization as one {O}. sonrai genotype carried several {B}. crocidurae genotypes and one {B}. crocidurae genotype was found in different {O}. sonrai genotypes. {C}onclusions: {T}his report illustrates a non-specialized circulation of {B}. crocidurae borreliae within {O}. sonrai ticks in {W}est {A}frica.},
  keywords = {{A}rgasidticks ; {B}orrelia ; {M}ultiple spacer sequence typing ; {TUNISIE} ; {MAROC} ; {MAURITANIE} ; {SENEGAL} ; {MALI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasites and {V}ectors},
  volume = {8},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 477 [5 p.]},
  ISSN = {1756-3305},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1186/s13071-015-1089-6},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065304},
}