Doss Nejib, Morrone Aldo, Forgione Patrizia, Trevisan Giusto, Bonin Serena
Department of Dermatology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis 1008, Tunisia.
IRCCS Dermatologic Institute San Gallicano, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Biology (Basel). 2024 Nov 4;13(11):897. doi: 10.3390/biology13110897.
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is more common in the Northern Hemisphere. It is endemic mainly in North America, where the vectors are and , and in Eurasia, where the vectors are and . Both tick-borne diseases and LB are influenced by climate change. Africa and South America are crossed by the equator and are situated in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In Africa, the LB is present on the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean coasts. is prevalent in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, such as Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt. Ticks were detected in the , which are carried by migratory birds and the and captured by the lizards. The Lyme Group (LG) and, in particular, , have been reported in countries bordering the Indian Ocean, such as Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique, transported by migratory birds from North African countries, where the vector was identified as ticks. This review aims to document the presence of LG and LB in Africa.
莱姆病（LB）在北半球更为常见。它主要流行于北美洲，其病媒是[具体病媒1]和[具体病媒2]，以及欧亚大陆，其病媒是[具体病媒3]和[具体病媒4]。蜱传疾病和莱姆病都受气候变化影响。非洲和南美洲被赤道穿过，位于北半球和南半球。在非洲，莱姆病存在于地中海和印度洋沿岸。[具体病原体]在地中海沿岸国家流行，如突尼斯、摩洛哥、阿尔及利亚和埃及。在[具体地区]检测到蜱虫，它们由候鸟携带，[具体动物1]和[具体动物2]捕获。在印度洋沿岸国家，如肯尼亚、坦桑尼亚和莫桑比克，已经报告了[具体莱姆菌群]（LG），特别是[具体菌群]，由来自北非国家的候鸟传播，在北非病媒被确定为[具体蜱虫]。本综述旨在记录非洲[具体莱姆菌群]和莱姆病的存在情况。
