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Title: [Tick bite fever in West Africa: difficulties in diagnosis of an emerging disease]. Author: Heaulme M, Couvreur P, Sicard JM. Journal: Med Trop (Mars); 2009 Dec; 69(6):595-8. PubMed ID: 20099678. Abstract: West African tick bite fever is a prevalent emerging zoonosis from the coast of Senegal to Chad. It is characterized by recurrent fever in association with a deteriorating clinical state. It is now the second most common vector-borne disease in Senegal. The purpose of this report is to describe one case and to review the main clinical and epidemiological features of this disease.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]