Low incidence of tick-borne rickettsiosis in a Spanish Mediterranean area.
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.
Guerrero
Antonio
A
Hospital de La Ribera, Ctra Corbera Km 1, 46600 Alzira-Valencia, Spain. aguerrero@hospital-ribera.com
Gimeno
Flor
F
Colomina
Javier
J
Molina
Mercé
M
Oteo
Jose Antonio
JA
Cuenca
Maria
M
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