@article{fdi:010053579,
  title = {{T}ick-borne relapsing fever borreliosis, rural {S}enegal},
  author = {{P}arola, {P}. and {D}iatta, {G}. and {S}ocolovschi, {C}. and {M}ediannikov, {O}leg and {T}all, {A}. and {B}assene, {H}. and {T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {R}aoult, {D}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}etecting spirochetes remains challenging in cases of {A}frican tick-borne relapsing fever. {U}sing real-time {PCR} specific for the 16{S} r{RNA} {B}orrelia gene, we found 27 (13%) of 206 samples from febrile patients in rural {S}enegal to be positive, whereas thick blood smear examinations conducted at dispensaries identified only 4 (2%) as positive.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}merging {I}nfectious {D}iseases},
  volume = {17},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {883--885},
  ISSN = {1080-6040},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.3201/eid1705100573},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053579},
}