Inventory and update on argasid ticks and associated pathogens in Algeria

Argasid ticks include vectors of relapsing fevers caused by Borrelia spp. in humans, and they can transmit arboviruses and other bacterial pathogens. Knowledge about soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Algeria is incomplete, and distribution data need to be updated. Here we report a series of entomol...

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Main Authors: I. Lafri, W. Benredjem, F. Neffah-Baaziz, R. Lalout, K. Abdelouahed, B. Gassen, S. Bakhouch, M. Chergui, M. Karakellah, H. Adjmi-Hamoudi, I. Bitam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297518300179