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Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa

Zhioua, Elyes ; Bouattour, Ali ; Hu, Chang Min ; Gharbi, Mohamed ; Aeschliman, Andre ; Ginsberg, Howard S. ; Gern, Lise

In: Journal of Medical Entomology, 1999, vol. 36, no. 2, p. 216-218

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    Titre
    • Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa
    Auteur
    • Zhioua, Elyes. Center for Vector-Borne Disease, Woodward Hall, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881.
    • Bouattour, Ali. Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Department of Medical Entomology, 13 Place Pasteur, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia.
    • Hu, Chang Min. Institute of Zoology, Emile Argand 11, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
    • Gharbi, Mohamed. Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Department of Medical Entomology, 13 Place Pasteur, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia.
    • Aeschliman, Andre. Institute of Zoology, Emile Argand 11, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
    • Ginsberg, Howard S.. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Woodward Hall-PLS, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881.
    • Gern, Lise. Institute of Zoology, Emile Argand 11, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Inglese
    Publié dans
    • Journal of Medical Entomology, 1999, vol. 36, no. 2, p. 216-218. Oxford University Press
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:304886
    Summary
    Free-living adult Ixodes ricinus L. were collected in Amdoun, situated in the Kroumiry mountains in northwestern Tunisia (North Africa). Using direct fluorescence antibody assay, the infection rate of field-collected I. ricinus by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was 30.5% (n = 72). No difference in infection rate was observed between male and female ticks. Spirochetes that had been isolated from I. ricinus from Ain Drahim (Kroumiry Mountains) in 1988 were identified as Borrelia lusitaniae (formerly genospecies PotiB2). This is the first identification of a genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from the continent of Africa