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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Seroprevalence Survey of Equine Lyme Borreliosis in France and in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Laurent Maurizi, Jean-Lou Marié, Olivier Aoun, Céline Courtin, Slim Gorsane, Daniel Chal, Bernard Davoust.
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.
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doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0083.
Online Ahead of Print: October 30, 2009
Laurent Maurizi,1 Jean-Lou Marié,2 Olivier Aoun,3 Céline Courtin,4 Slim Gorsane,5 Daniel Chal,6 and Bernard Davoust7 1Service vétérinaire du Régiment de cavalerie de la Garde Républicaine, Paris, France. 2Secteur Vétérinaire de Marseille, Marseille, France. 3Service Médical d'unité du 6e-12e Régiment de Cavalerie, Olivet, France. 4Secteur Vétérinaire de Metz, Metz, France. 5Secteur Vétérinaire de Châlons-en-Champagne, Chalons-en-Champagne, France. 6Secteur Vétérinaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. 7Direction Régionale du Service de Santé des Armées de Toulon, Toulon, France. Address correspondence to: Bernard Davoust Direction régionale du service de santé des armées de ToulonBP 20549 83041 Toulon Cedex 9 FranceE-mail: Abstract A precise assessment of the epidemiological extent of equine Lyme disease is not well established in metropolitan France, French Guiana, and Africa (Chad, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of Congo). Blood samples were obtained from 570 horses. The samples were tested for Borrelia burgdorferi infection by a commercial ELISA Dot-Blot method (SNAP® 4 Dx; IDEXX S. Laboratory). Lyme disease antibodies were only detected in metropolitan France, specifically in the eastern and center-western regions (48% and 31%). The geographical distribution of the disease follows the distribution of the vector.
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