| detection of rickettsia aeschlimannii and rickettsia africae in ixodid ticks from burkina faso and somali region of ethiopia by new real-time pcr assays. | in the framework of cooperation for development projects in burkina faso and ethiopia, we collected ixodid ticks from cattle, small ruminants and camels. we optimized new taqman probe real-time pcr assays to detect rickettsia aeschlimannii and rickettsia africae ompa gene in the collected samples. rickettsia africae was identified in 75.0% amblyomma variegatum (95%ci: 56.6-88.5), while r. aeschlimannii in 24.0% hyalomma truncatum (95%ci: 9.4-45.1) and 50.0% h. rufipes (95%ci: 29.9-70.0) collecte ... | 2016 | 27641952 |