Endemic Foci of the Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia crocidurae in Mali, West Africa, and the Potential for Human Infection

Tom G. Schwan; Jennifer M. Anderson; Job E. Lopez; Robert J. Fischer; Sandra J. Raffel; Brandi N. McCoy; David Safronetz; Nafomon Sogoba; Ousmane Maïga; Sékou F. Traoré

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001924

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Endemic Foci of the Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia crocidurae in Mali, West Africa, and the Potential for Human Infection

Tom G. Schwan ,

* E-mail: tschwan@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Jennifer M. Anderson,

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Twinbrook, Maryland, United States of America
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Job E. Lopez,

Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Robert J. Fischer,

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Sandra J. Raffel,

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Brandi N. McCoy,

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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David Safronetz,

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Nafomon Sogoba,

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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Ousmane Maïga,

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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Sékou F. Traoré

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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Endemic Foci of the Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia crocidurae in Mali, West Africa, and the Potential for Human Infection

Tom G. Schwan,
Jennifer M. Anderson,
Job E. Lopez,
Robert J. Fischer,
Sandra J. Raffel,
Brandi N. McCoy,
David Safronetz,
Nafomon Sogoba,
Ousmane Maïga,
Sékou F. Traoré

Published: November 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001924

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