title: Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks, Germany.
abstract: To explore increased risk for human Rickettsia spp. infection in Germany, we investigated recreational areas and renatured brown coal surface-mining sites (also used for recreation) for the presence of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks. R. raoultii (56.7%), R. slovaca (13.3%), and R. helvetica (>13.4%) were detected in the respective tick species.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munich, Germany. cornelia.silaghi@tropa.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silaghi
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamel
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pfister
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfeffer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*