Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

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Borrelia hispanica Relapsing Fever, Morocco

M’hammed Sarih, Martine Garnier, Najma Boudebouch, Ali Bouattour, Abdelaziz Rihani, Mohammed Hassar, Lise Gern, Danièle Postic, and Muriel Cornet

Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Casablanca, Morocco (M. Sarih, N. Boudebouch, M. Hassar); Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (M. Garnier, D. Postic, M. Cornet); Institut Pasteur, Tunis, Tunisia (A. Bouattour); Idrissi Hospital, Kenitra, Morocco (A. Rihani); University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (L. Gern); Paris Descartes University, Paris (M. Cornet)

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Results of PCR assays for detection of Borrelia spp. in 127 patients with unexplained fever in Kenitra, northwestern Morocco

Location	No. patients with positive results/total no. patients (%)
Location	16S rRNA seminested PCR	Intergenic spacer sequence nested PCR
Sidi Mohamed Lahmar	2/73 (2.7)	15/73 (20.0)
Had Ouled Jelloum	10/26 (38.5)	11/26 (42.3)
Idrissi Kenitra	0/8	0/8
Lalla Mimouna	0/12	0/12
Mnasra	0/3	0/3
Sidi Taybi	0/5	0/5