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Idir Bitam
Researcher at École Normale Supérieure
Publications - 106
Citations - 4069
Idir Bitam is an academic researcher from École Normale Supérieure. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spotted fever & Tick. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 96 publications receiving 3260 citations. Previous affiliations of Idir Bitam include University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene & Centre national de la recherche scientifique.
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Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach
Philippe Parola,Christopher D. Paddock,Cristina Socolovschi,Marcelo Bahia Labruna,Oleg Mediannikov,Tahar Kernif,Mohammad Yazid Abdad,John Stenos,Idir Bitam,Pierre-Edouard Fournier,Didier Raoult +10 more
TL;DR: The current knowledge on tick-borne rickettsiae and ricksettsioses is presented using a geographic approach toward the epidemiology of these diseases.
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Fleas and flea-borne diseases.
TL;DR: An overall review of flea biology and the distribution of the flea-borne diseases of public health importance throughout the world, their principal flea vectors, and the extent of their public health burden is reviewed.
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Warmer weather linked to tick attack and emergence of severe rickettsioses.
Philippe Parola,Cristina Socolovschi,L. Jeanjean,Idir Bitam,Pierre-Edouard Fournier,Albert Sotto,Pierre Labauge,Didier Raoult +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the human affinity of Rh.
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The Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Relapsing Fever Borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a Review of the Ornithodoros erraticus Complex (Acari: Ixodida)
Jean-François Trape,Georges Diatta,Céline Arnathau,Idir Bitam,M’hammed Sarih,Driss Belghyti,Ali Bouattour,Eric Elguero,Laurence Vial,Youssouph Mané,Cellou Baldé,Franck Pugnolle,Gilles Chauvancy,Gil Mahé,Laurent Granjon,Jean-Marc Duplantier,Patrick Durand,François Renaud +17 more
TL;DR: Borrelia Spirochetes responsible for relapsing fever in humans are highly prevalent both in Ornithodoros ticks and small mammals in North and West Africa but Ornithdoros ticks seem absent south of 13°N andSmall mammals are not infected in these regions.
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Widespread distribution and high prevalence of an alpha‐proteobacterial symbiont in the tick Ixodes ricinus
Nathan Lo,Nathan Lo,Tiziana Beninati,Davide Sassera,Edwin A. P. Bouman,S. Santagati,Lise Gern,Vittorio Sambri,T. Masuzawa,J.S. Gray,Thomas G. T. Jaenson,Ali Bouattour,M. J. Kenny,E. S. Guner,I. G. Kharitonenkov,Idir Bitam,Claudio Bandi +16 more
TL;DR: To the authors' knowledge, IricES1 is the most widespread and highly prevalent of any tick-associated symbiont, including tick colonies that have been maintained in the laboratory for varying periods of time.