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New World Relapsing Fever <i>Borrelia</i> Found in <i>Ornithodoros porcinus</i> Ticks in Central Tanzania
1 Jul 2004
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Ticks were collected from 8 houses in Mvumi Mission village, near Dodoma, Tanzania. All ticks were examined for Borrelia infestation by flagellin gene-based nested polymerase chain reaction. All houses were highly infested with ticks, and all ticks collected were of the Ornithodoros porcinus species. Fifty-one out of 120 ticks were infected with spirochetes, and a flagellin gene sequence comparison showed that...
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