@article{fdi:40432,
  title = {{A} comparative study of three methods of detection of {B}orrelia crocidurae in wild rodents in {S}enegal},
  author = {{D}iatta, {G}eorges and {T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {L}egros, {F}abrice and {R}ogier, {C}. and {D}uplantier, {J}ean-{M}arc},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n a rural area in {S}{\'e}n{\'e}gal with a high incidence of tick-borne relapsing fever in humans, {B}orrelia crocidurae was studied in the blood and brain of wild rodents ({M}astomys erythroleucus, {A}rvicanthis niloticus and {R}attus rattus) using 3 methods: (i) direct examination of thick blood films; (ii) intraperitoneal inoculation of blood into white mice; (iii) intraperitoneal inoculation of homogenized cerebral tissue into white mice. {O}f the 82 rodents examined, the proportion of infected animals was respectively 2·4%, 7·3% and 14·6% for each method, and 18·3% for all 3 methods combined. {O}f the 12 animals with infected cerebral tissue, only 3 were found to have infected blood. {T}hese results suggest that isolated infections of the brain occur frequently in {S}enegalese wild rodents. {M}easurement of the real prevalence of {B}. crocidurae should therefore take into account these infections in addition to blood infections.},
  keywords = {{EPIDEMIOLOGIE} ; {EVALUATION} ; {EFFICACITE} ; {TEST} ; {DEPISTAGE} ; {INFECTION} ; {PREVALENCE} ; {BORRELIOSE} ; {FIEVRE} {RECURRENTE} {A} {TIQUES} ; {RONGEUR} ; {SENEGAL} ; {DIELMO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}ransactions of the {R}oyal {S}ociety of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {88},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {423--424},
  ISSN = {0035-9203},
  year = {1994},
  DOI = {10.1016/0035-9203(94)90412-{X}},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:40432},
}