Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus and tick-borne lymphadenopathy, Tuscany, Italy.
Of 263 patients in Tuscany, Italy, from whom ticks were removed during July 2005-May 2007, five showed signs of tick-borne encephalopathy. Of the ticks, 17 were Dermacentor marginatus; 6 (35.3%) of these were identified by sequence analysis as containing Rickettsia slovaca. Tick-borne lympadenopathy occurs in this area.
Selmi
Marco
M
Osservatorio Permanente per Patologie a Trasmissione Vettoriale, Lucca, Italy. m.selmi@usl2.toscana.it
Bertolotti
Luigi
L
Tomassone
Laura
L
Mannelli
Alessandro
A
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins