TY - JOUR T1 - Molecular evidence of Rickettsia slovaca in spleen of wild boars in northeastern Algeria JF - New Microbes and New Infections Y1 - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.nmni.2018.03.008 A1 - Faycal Zeroual A1 - Hamza Leulmi A1 - BITAM, I. A1 - Ahmed Benakhla SP - 17 EP - 20 KW - Algeria KW - spleen KW - Wild boar AB -

Using molecular assays, Rickettsia slovaca, the agent of a spotted fever group rickettsiosis resulting in scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after tick bite, was assessed in 92 spleens recovered from 117 wild boars hunted in the far northeast of Algeria. Rickettsia slovaca was detected in 5.4% of tested wild boar spleens. The presence of R. slovaca DNA in boar spleens questions the relationship that may exist between this bacterium and Sus scrofa algira, and its role in human infections.

VL - 24 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2052297518300283 JO - New Microbes and New Infections ER -