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High Prevalence of Rickettsia Slovaca in Dermacentor Marginatus in Euganean Hills Regional Park
Purpose: Rickettsia slovaca is a tick-borne zoonotic bacterium and is the etiological agent of SENLAT, Scalp Eschar and Neck Lymph-Adenopathy after Tick bite.
L. Grassi +7 more
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Abstract A survey study was carried out to identify tick species parasitizing wild lagomorphs in Mediterranean ecosystems in southern Spain and to determine the occurrence of Rickettsia species present in these ticks in this region. A total of 1304 European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and 58 Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) were individually ...
Susana Remesar +7 more
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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in hard ticks in eastern and southern Kazakhstan
Infections with spotted fever group rickettsiae represent a worldwide health problem, characterized by persistent high fever, headache, and rash in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.
Qiaoyan Dong +9 more
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One hundred nineteen tick samples obtained from horses in Xinjiang, China, to investigate the situation of pathogens by hard ticks. Theileria equi was detected in 1 tick, Babesia caballi was detected in 18 ticks. Among this, the mixed carriage rate of Theileria equi and Rickettsia was 0.8% (1/119), the mixed carriage rate of Babesia caballi and ...
Yang Zhang +5 more
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Rickettsia helvetica in Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks
We report on the molecular evidence that Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in Croatia are infected with Rickettsia helvetica (10%) or Rickettsia slovaca (2%) or co-infected with both species (1%).
Marinko Dobec +4 more
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We investigated ticks, human blood samples, specimens of tissue and blood from small mammals using nested PCR. We de- tected high prevalence Rickettsia tarasevichiae and Rickettsia sp.
Ya. P. Igolkina +6 more
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Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the Iberian Peninsula
Tick-borne rickettsioses (TBR) are caused by obligate, intracellular bacteria of the spotted-fever group (SFG) of the genus Rickettsia (Order Rickettsiales), transmitted by hard ticks.
Leonardo Moerbeck +2 more
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First report of Rickettsia raoultii and R. slovaca in Melophagus ovinus, the sheep ked
Background Melophagus ovinus (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), a hematophagous ectoparasite, is mainly found in Europe, Northwestern Africa, and Asia. This wingless fly infests sheep, rabbits, and red foxes, and causes inflammation, wool loss and skin damage ...
Dan Liu +7 more
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Records on the distribution of Rickettsia spp. in their natural hosts in Central Asia are incomplete. Rodents and small mammals are potential natural reservoirs for Rickettsiae in their natural lifecycle.
E. Wagner +15 more
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Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus and Tick-borne Lymphadenopathy, Tuscany, Italy
Of 263 patients in Tuscany, Italy, from whom ticks were removed during July 2005–May 2007, five showed signs of tick-borne encephalopathy. Of the ticks, 17 were Dermacentor marginatus; 6 (35.3%) of these were identified by sequence analysis as containing
Marco Selmi +3 more
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