Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 25245895
Parasit Vectors 2014 Sep;7:444
Rickettsia africae is the agent of African tick bite fever, a disease transmitted by ticks in sub-Saharan Africa. In Union of the Comoros, a recent study reported the presence of a Rickettsia africae vector but no information has been provided on the circulation of the pathogenic agent in this country.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25245895