First detection of spotted fever group Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus from Italy. (Dispatches)

Authors :: Beninati, Tiziana
Lo, Nathan
Noda, Hiroaki
Esposito, Fulvio
Rizzoli, Annapaola
Favia, Guido
Genchi, Claudio
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Sept, 2002, Vol. 8 Issue 9, p983, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Ixodes ricinus from Italy were examined for the first time to detect whether rickettsiae were present. Using molecular methods, we detected three different spotted fever group rickettsiae, including Rickettsia helvetica. [...]

Subjects :: Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- Identification and classification
Rickettsial diseases -- Identification and classification
Tick-borne diseases -- Research

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