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Distribution of Rickettsia africae in Africa based on detection in either vector ticks or human hosts. White shaded areas indicate countries where R. africae has not been detected or investigated. Image was constructed with information obtained from Genbank, Mazhetese, et al. [21], Pillay, et al. [24] and Zhang, et al. [25].
