@article{fdi:010086775,
  title = {{P}athogen detection in {O}rnithodoros sonrai ticks and invasive house {M}ice {M}us musculus domesticus in {S}enegal},
  author = {{O}uarti, {B}. and {S}all, {M}. and {N}diaye, {E}. {I}. and {D}iatta, {G}eorges and {D}iarra, {A}. {Z}. and {B}erenger, {J}. {M}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {G}ranjon, {L}aurent and {L}e {F}ur, {J}ean and {P}arola, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}rnithodoros sonrai ({O}. sonrai) ticks are the only known vectors of {B}orrelia crocidurae, an agent of tick-borne relapsing fever ({TBRF}) borreliosis. {R}odents serve as principal natural reservoirs for {B}orrelia. {O}ur research objective was to detect {TBRF} {B}orrelia and other zoonotic bacterial infections in ticks and in house mice {M}us musculus domesticus, an invasive species currently expanding in rural northern {S}enegal. {R}eal-time and conventional {PCR} were utilized for detecting {B}orrelia and other bacterial taxa. {T}he analyses were performed on 253 specimens of {O}. sonrai and 150 samples of brain and spleen tissue from rodents. {B}orrelia crocidurae was found in one {O}. sonrai tick and 18 {M}us musculus domesticus samples, with prevalences of 0.39 percent and 12 percent, respectively, as well as {E}hrlichia sp. in one {M}us musculus domesticus. {F}urther, we were able to detect the presence of a potentially infectious novel species belonging to the {A}naplasmataceae family for the first time in {O}. sonrai ticks. {M}ore attention should be paid to the house mouse and {O}. sonrai ticks, as they can be potential hosts for novel species of pathogenic bacteria in humans.},
  keywords = {{B}orrelia crocidurae ; {O}rnithodoros sonrai ; {M}us musculus domesticus ; {A}naplasmataceae ; {S}enegal ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}icroorganisms},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {2367 [11 ]},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.3390/microorganisms10122367},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086775},
}