The epidemiology and geographic distribution of relapsing fever borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a review of the Ornithodoros erraticus complex (Acari: Ixodida).

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Published in PLoS One on November 04, 2013

Authors

Jean-François Trape1, Georges Diatta, Céline Arnathau, Idir Bitam, M'hammed Sarih, Driss Belghyti, Ali Bouattour, Eric Elguero, Laurence Vial, Youssouph Mané, Cellou Baldé, Franck Prugnolle, Franck Pugnolle, Gilles Chauvancy, Gil Mahé, Laurent Granjon, Jean-Marc Duplantier, Patrick Durand, François Renaud

Author Affiliations

1: Institut de recherche pour le développement, Laboratoire de Paludologie Et Zoologie Médicale, Dakar, Senegal.

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