Diplorickettsia massiliensis as a human pathogen.

Authors :: Subramanian, G.
Mediannikov, O.
Angelakis, E.
Socolovschi, C.
Kaplanski, G.
Martzolff, L.
Raoult, D.
Source :: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. Mar2012, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p365-369. 5p.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Diplorickettsia massiliensis has been recently isolated from Ixodes ricinus ticks. We screened 13,872 serum samples from patients in France with suspected tick-borne diseases and found three cases that had serological evidence of D. massiliensis infection; for one of these three cases, we obtained molecular evidence of an infection as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]