Molecular evidence of in spleen of wild boars in northeastern Algeria.

Using molecular assays, the agent of a spotted fever group rickettsiosis resulting in scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after tick bite, was assessed in 92 spleens recovered from 117 wild boars hunted in the far northeast of Algeria. was detected in 5.4% of tested wild boar spleens. The presence of DNA in boar spleens questions the relationship that may exist between this bacterium and and its role in human infections.