%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Kernif, T.
%A Djerbouh, A.
%A Mediannikov, Oleg
%A Ayach, B.
%A Rolain, J. M.
%A Raoult, D.
%A Parola, P.
%A Bitam, I.
%T Rickettsia africae in Hyalomma dromedarii ticks from sub-Saharan Algeria
%D 2012
%L fdi:010058940
%G ENG
%J Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
%@ 1877-959X
%K Rickettsia africae ; Hyalomma dromedarii ticks ; Algeria
%K ALGERIE
%M ISI:000314081000025
%N 5-6
%P 376-378
%R 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.013
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058940
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2013/02/010058940.pdf
%V 3
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are caused by obligate, intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. In recent years, several species and subspecies of rickettsias have been identified as emerging pathogens throughout the world, including sub-Saharan Africa. We report here the detection of Rickettsia africae, the agent responsible for African tick-bite fever, by amplification of fragments of gltA and ompA genes and multi-spacer typing from Hyalomma dromedarii ticks collected from the camel Camel us dromedarius in the Adrar and Bechar region (sub-Saharan Algeria). To date, R. africae has been associated mainly with Amblyomma spp. The role of H. dromedarii in the epidemiology of R. africae requires further investigation.
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