Tick-borne relapsing fever borreliosis, rural Senegal Parola, P. Diatta, G. Socolovschi, C. /Mediannikov, Oleg Tall, A. Bassene, H. /Trape, Jean-François Raoult, D. 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. 2011 text https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053579 fdi:010053579 Parola P., Diatta G., Socolovschi C., Mediannikov Oleg, Tall A., Bassene H., Trape Jean-François, Raoult D.. Tick-borne relapsing fever borreliosis, rural Senegal. 2011, 17 (5), 883-885 EN SENEGAL