title: Low incidence of tick-borne rickettsiosis in a Spanish Mediterranean area.
abstract: The aim of this study was to know the incidence of tick-borne rickettsial disease in a Mediterranean area. The incidence in 5 years for 100,000 inhabitants was 1.7 for tick-borne-lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA) and 0.4 for Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF). MSH incidence during the last few years has been lower than expected; in contrast TIBOLA seems to be an emerging disease. At the present time our data suggest a low tick-borne rickettsiosis incidence of MSF and a superior incidence of TIBOLA than MSF in the Spanish Mediterranean area.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de La Ribera, Ctra Corbera Km 1, 46600 Alzira-Valencia, Spain. aguerrero@hospital-ribera.com
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.forename: Flor
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gimeno
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colomina
authors.forename: Mercé
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Jose Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oteo
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuenca
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology