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Tahar Kernif
Researcher at Pasteur Institute
Publications - 32
Citations - 1978
Tahar Kernif is an academic researcher from Pasteur Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spotted fever & Tick. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 30 publications receiving 1600 citations. Previous affiliations of Tahar Kernif include World Health Organization & 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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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Identification of Tick Vectors
Amina Yssouf,Christophe Flaudrops,Rezak Drali,Tahar Kernif,Cristina Socolovschi,Jean-Michel Berenger,Didier Raoult,Philippe Parola +7 more
TL;DR: MALDI-TOF MS appears to be an effective tool for the rapid identification of tick vectors that requires no previous expertise in tick identification and the benefits for clinicians include the more targeted surveillance of patients for symptoms of potentially transmitted diseases.
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Borrelia, Rickettsia, and Ehrlichia species in bat ticks, France, 2010.
TL;DR: Physicians should consider infections with these bacteria in patients who may have been bitten by bat ticks, according to the World Health Organization.
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Identification of flea species using MALDI-TOF/MS.
Amina Yssouf,Cristina Socolovschi,Hamza Leulmi,Tahar Kernif,Idir Bitam,Gilles Audoly,Lionel Almeras,Didier Raoult,Philippe Parola +8 more
TL;DR: MALDI-TOF/MS is an effective tool for discriminating flea species and a cluster analysis highlighted that the MALDI Biotyper can be used for studying the phylogeny of fleas.
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Emerging Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens
TL;DR: This article focuses on the bacterial agents and diseases that have been recognized in the past 3 years and refers to major recent reviews of other recognized infections.