Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus and Tick-borne Lymphadenopathy, Tuscany, Europe

Selmi, Marco; Bertolotti, Luigi; Tomassone, Laura; Mannelli, Alessandro

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Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus and Tick-borne Lymphadenopathy, Tuscany, Europe

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May 2008
By Selmi, Marco ; Bertolotti, Luigi ; Tomassone, Laura ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Selmi, Marco ; Bertolotti, Luigi ; Tomassone, Laura ; Mannelli, Alessandro
Description:

Of 263 patients in Tuscany, Europe, 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 Rickettsia slovaca. Tick-borne lympadenopathy occurs in this area.
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Adult Animals Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Child Dermacentor Dermacentor Marginatus Dispatch Europe Female Humans Insect Bites And Stings Lymphatic Diseases Lymph Nodes Molecular Sequence Data Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Rickettsia Slovaca Sequence Analysis, DNA Surveillance System Tick-Borne Diseases Tick-borne Lympadenopathy
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Emerg Infect Dis. 14(5):817-820.
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Journal Article
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14
Issue:

5
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:417c23546bc052a75d5d1ad2c6a737bd357061a9dc94c5e8ebbdcd804b375844
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