title: Epidemiology of boutonneuse fever in western Sicily: isolation of spotted fever group Rickettsiae from Rhipicephalus sanguineus (fam. Ixodidae).
abstract: Spotted fever group Rickettsiae were isolated from dog ticks (R. sanguineus) removed from dogs in different areas of western Sicily.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology