title: Detection of Rickettsia helvetica in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from Pyrenean chamois in France.
abstract: Seventy-one Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) in the French Pyrenees were tested by real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect the presence of Rickettsia and Bartonella. Four ticks (6%) were positive for R. helvetica. The chamois carries infected ticks, and this enables the dissemination throughout the environment with this bacterium, a potential human pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Working Group on Animal Epidemiology, French Forces Health Service, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davoust
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Socolovschi
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Revelli
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gibert
authors.forename: Jean-Lou
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Marié
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D048608:Rupicapra / Q000469:parasitology*; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial