ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Blood-Borne Candidatus Borrelia algerica in a Patient with Prolonged Fever in Oran, Algeria.
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- Tick Diversity, Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogens, and Public Health Implications Across Africa: A Systematic Review.Acta parasitologica · 2025Pooled it
- Tick borne relapsing fever - a systematic review and analysis of the literature.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Relapsing fever revisited: New insights into neglected borrelial infections.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Review
- Prevalence of Lyme Disease and Relapsing FeverPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Human-biting ticks and zoonotic tick-borne pathogens in North Africa: diversity, distribution, and trans-Mediterranean public health challenges.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Review
- Serological evidence of possibleNew microbes and new infections · 2022Article
- Relapsing Fevers: Neglected Tick-Borne Diseases.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2018Review
- Detection of relapsing fever Borrelia spp., Bartonella spp. and Anaplasmataceae bacteria in argasid ticks in Algeria.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in a Somali Refugee Arriving in Italy: A Re-emerging Infection in Europe?PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Monoclonal Antibodies for the Diagnosis of Borrelia crocidurae.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016Article
- Laboratory Diagnosis of Tick-Borne African Relapsing Fevers: Latest Developments.Frontiers in public health · 2015Review
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Abstract
To improve the knowledge base of Borrelia in north Africa, we tested 257 blood samples collected from febrile patients in Oran, Algeria, between January and December 2012 for Borrelia species using flagellin gene polymerase chain reaction sequencing. A sequence indicative of a new Borrelia sp. named Candidatus Borrelia algerica was detected in one blood sample. Further multispacer sequence typing indicated this Borrelia sp. had 97% similarity with Borrelia crocidurae, Borrelia duttonii, and Borrelia recurrentis. In silico comparison of Candidatus B. algerica spacer sequences with those of Borrelia hispanica and Borrelia garinii revealed 94% and 89% similarity, respectively. Candidatus B. algerica is a new relapsing fever Borrelia sp. detected in Oran. Further studies may help predict its epidemiological importance.
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