Publications
| spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks, morocco. | a total of 370 ticks, encompassing 7 species from 4 genera, were collected during 2002-2006 from domestic animals and vegetation in the taza region of northeastern morocco. rickettsial dna was identified in 101 ticks (27%) by sequencing pcr products of fragments of the citrate synthase and outer membrane protein genes of rickettsia spp. seven rickettsiae of the spotted fever group were identified, including 4 pathogens: r. aeschlimannii in hyalomma marginatum marginatum, r. massiliae in rhipicep ... | 2008 | 18598627 |
| first isolation of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from ixodes ricinus ticks in morocco. | to determine the infection rate of ixodes ricinus (i. ricinus) ticks with borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (b. burgdorferi sl) and to assess the frequency of the individual borrelia species in this tick species, a total of 295 i. ricinus were collected in taza region (northeast of morocco), from january to june 2002. the presence of b. burgdorferi sl was determined by direct fluorescence antibody assay (dfa) and by pcr after culture. b. burgdorferi sl isolates were identified at the species level ... | 2003 | 14511583 |