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Tick-borne relapsing fever Borreliosis, a major public health problem overlooked in Senegal.

El Hadji Ibrahima NdiayeFatou Samba DioufMady NdiayeHubert BasseneDidier RaoultCheikh SokhnaPhilippe ParolaGeorges Diatta
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
Our study indicates that TBRF is an endemic disease in the Niakhar district, where children and young people are the most infected. Arvicanthis niloticus and O. sonrai ticks are massively present and appear to be the main epidemiological reservoirs causing its extensive spread to humans.
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