title: Lack of Bartonella sp. in 167 Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in central Sweden.
abstract: Sudden death in Swedish orienteers was demonstrated to be significantly associated with antibodies to Bartonella sp. To test if these antibodies could be related with tick exposure, we searched Bartonella sp. in Ixodes ricinus ticks using specific PCR amplification and culture. No Bartonella sp. was detected in 167 ticks tested.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020 IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France. bernard.lascola@medecine.univ-mrs.fr
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: La Scola
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holmberg
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial