title: Seroprevalence survey of equine Lyme borreliosis in France and in sub-Saharan Africa.
abstract: A precise assessment of the epidemiological extent of equine Lyme disease is not well established in metropolitan France, French Guiana, and Africa (Chad, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of Congo). Blood samples were obtained from 570 horses. The samples were tested for Borrelia burgdorferi infection by a commercial ELISA Dot-Blot method (SNAP 4 Dx; IDEXX S. Laboratory). Lyme disease antibodies were only detected in metropolitan France, specifically in the eastern and center-western regions (48% and 31%). The geographical distribution of the disease follows the distribution of the vector.
authors.affiliation: Service vétérinaire du Régiment de cavalerie de la Garde Républicaine, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maurizi
authors.forename: Jean-Lou
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Marié
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aoun
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Courtin
authors.forename: Slim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorsane
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chal
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davoust
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006736:Horses; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies