@article{fdi:31754,
  title = {{T}ick-borne borreliosis in {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {D}uplantier, {J}ean-{M}arc and {B}ouganali, {H}. and {G}odeluck, {B}. and {L}egros, {F}abrice and {C}ornet, {J}ean-{P}aul and {C}amicas, {J}ean-{L}ouis},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{R}eported cases of tick-borne relapsing fever due to the spirochaete {B}orrelia crocidurae are rare in {W}est {A}frica, and few epidemiological data are available. {T}o see how common relapsing fever is in {S}enegal thick blood smears from cases of fever of unknown origin and from randomly selected clinic outpatients from a rural dispensary were examined for {B}orrelia. {T}he prevalence of {B}orrelia infections in small mammals was also assessed. {B}orrelia was seen in smears of 12 (0·9%) of 1340 children. {A}ll children who tested positive had complained of acute fever. {P}revalence was 0% (0/496), 0·5% (2/417), 1 ·6% (5/308), and 4·2% (5/119) at ages 0-1, 2-4, 5-9, and 10-14, respectively. 26 other instances of borreliosis were seen in patients from different regions of {S}enegal. {B}lood samples from 7 of these patients were inoculated intraperitoneally into white mice; serious infection developed in all mice. {B}orrelia was seen in thick smears from 65 of 461 wild rodents or insectivores. {S}ix rodents species were infected. {F}rom a sample of 93 rodents, 33·3% were infected, as judged by intraperitoneal inoculation of white mice, compared with 14·1% by direct smear examination. {T}he findings suggest that borreliosis has a wide distribution and a high incidence in {S}enegal. {T}his disease may be a major cause of morbidity in rural areas throughout much of {W}est {A}frica.},
  keywords = {{EPIDEMIOLOGIE} ; {DEPISTAGE} ; {TEST} ; {DIAGNOSTIC} ; {PREVALENCE} ; {ENFANT} {D}'{AGE} {SCOLAIRE} ; {ENQUETE} {STATISTIQUE} ; {RONGEUR} ; {BORRELIOSE} ; {FIEVRE} {RECURRENTE} {REGIONALE} {A} {TIQUES} ; {SENEGAL} ; {KEUR} {MOUSSA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{L}ancet},
  volume = {337},
  numero = {8739},
  pages = {473--475},
  ISSN = {0140-6736},
  year = {1991},
  DOI = {10.1016/0140-6736(91)93404-{W}},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:31754},
}