title: Leeches as further potential vectors for rickettsial infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Medicine, Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; slesak@tropenklinik.de.
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Slesak
authors.affiliation: Luang Namtha Provincial Health Department, Luang Namtha, Lao People's Democratic Republic;
authors.forename: Saythong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inthalath
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic; Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, University of Oxford, OX3 7FZ Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dittrich
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic; Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, University of Oxford, OX3 7FZ Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic; Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, University of Oxford, OX3 7FZ Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Paul N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000472:pathogenicity*