Tick-borne bacterial diseases emerging in Europe.
Since the identification of Borrelia burgdorferi as the agent of Lyme disease in 1982, 11 tick-borne human bacterial pathogens have been described throughout Europe. These include five spotted fever rickettsiae, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, four species of the B. burgdorferi complex and a new relapsing fever borrelia. We present these emerging diseases and focus on the factors that play a role in the recognition of new tick-borne diseases.
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Unité des Rickettsies, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
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D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004536:Ehrlichia; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D012281:Rickettsia; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology