Epidemiology of tick-borne borreliosis in Morocco.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Georges Diatta, Yassine Souidi, Laurent Granjon, Céline Arnathau, Patrick Durand, Gilles Chauvancy, Youssouph Mané, M'hammed Sarih, Driss Belghyti, François Renaud, Jean-François Trape
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Burrows
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001810; https://doaj.org/article/b103077c038f4ecab24ed371a3ff1c31

BACKGROUND: The presence in Morocco of Argasid ticks of the Ornithodoros erraticus complex, the vector of tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in North Africa, has been known since 1919, but the disease is rarely diagnosed and few epidemiological data are available. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Betw...