@article{article,
  keywords = {tratamento, Cattle, leprosy, reservoir, ticks, Transmission, Vector},
  author = {Krausser L and Chauvaux E and Van Dyck-Lippens M and Yssouf A and Assoumani Y and Tortosa P and de Jong B and Braet S},
  title = {Ticks are unlikely to play a role in leprosy transmission in the Comoros (East Africa) as they do not harbour  DNA.},
  abstract = {<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Leprosy, one of the oldest known human diseases, continues to pose a global challenge for disease control due to an incomplete understanding of its transmission pathways. Ticks have been proposed as a potential contributor in leprosy transmission due to their importance as vectors for other infectious diseases.</p>

<p><strong>Methods: </strong>In 2010, a sampling of ticks residing on cattle was conducted on the islands Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Moh{\'e}li which constitute the Union of the Comoros where leprosy remains endemic. To investigate the potential role of ticks as a vector in transmission of leprosy disease, molecular analyses were conducted.</p>

<p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of the 526 ticks analysed, none were found to harbour DNA, as determined by a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay targeting a family of dispersed repeats (RLEP) specific to .</p>

<p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Therefore, our results suggest that in the Union of the Comoros, ticks are an unlikely vector for .</p>
},
  year = {2023},
  journal = {Frontiers in medicine},
  volume = {10},
  pages = {1-5},
  month = {01/2023},
  issn = {2296-858X},
  url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1238914/pdf?isPublishedV2=False},
  doi = {10.3389/fmed.2023.1238914},
  language = {eng},
}