title: Tick-borne relapsing fever borreliosis, rural senegal.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diatta
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Socolovschi
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mediannikov
authors.forename: Adama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tall
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bassene
authors.forename: Jean François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Trape
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001898:Borrelia / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012061:Relapsing Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S