ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2001
High prevalence of Borrelia lusitaniae in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Tunisia.
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- Knowledge and perception on ticks and tick-borne diseases among veterinary medicine students from the North African countries of Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2020Article
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- Borrelia garinii and Rickettsia monacensis in Ixodes ricinus ticks, Algeria.Emerging infectious diseases · 2014Article
- Abundance of Ixodes ricinus and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in the nature reserve Siebengebirge, Germany, in comparison to three former studies from 1978 onwards.Parasites & vectors · 2012Article
- Fine-scale phylogeographic structure of Borrelia lusitaniae revealed by multilocus sequence typing.PloS one · 2008Article
- Borrelia lusitaniae and green lizards (Lacerta viridis), Karst Region, Slovakia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2006Article
- Perpetuation of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia lusitaniae by lizards.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2006Article
- Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks collected from migratory birds in Switzerland.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2006Article
- Characterization of Borrelia lusitaniae isolates collected in Tunisia and Morocco.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2005Article
- Detection and identification of Ehrlichia spp. in ticks collected in Tunisia and Morocco.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2005Article
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Abstract
To investigate whether ticks of the genus Ixodes are infected by Borrelia burgdorferi complex, 490 unfed Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected by flagging in three different areas of Tunisia in 1998. DNAs extracted from 81 adults, 60 nymphs and 38 larvae were analysed after genic amplification of the non-coding spacer between the two copies of the rrl-rrf genes of B. burgdorferi sl. The prevalence of B. burgdorferi sl. in adults, nymphs and larvae was found to be 34, 33.3 and 2.6%, respectively. All DNAs (n = 61) but one were identified as belonging to different genotypes of B. lusitaniae by analysis of the restriction fragment length polymorphism of amplification products. In addition, 290 adults, 14 nymphs and 7 larvae were used to inoculate BSK-H medium to isolate spirochetes. Fifteen strains were isolated from adult ticks in the humid areas of Tunisia, whereas only one was obtained from larvae. Isolates were identified as B. lusitaniae (15/16) and B. garinii (1/16). These results provide new evidence for the existence of Lyme borreliosis in North Africa.
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