Role of reptiles and associated arthropods in the epidemiology of rickettsioses: A one health paradigm.

• Main Authors: Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan (Author), Ranju Ravindran Santhakumari Manoj (Author), Maria Stefania Latrofa (Author), Roberta Iatta (Author), Giada Annoscia (Author), Piero Lovreglio (Author), Angela Stufano (Author), Filipe Dantas-Torres (Author), Bernard Davoust (Author), Younes Laidoudi (Author), Oleg Mediannikov (Author), Domenico Otranto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We assessed the presence of Rickettsia spp., Coxiella burnetii and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in reptiles, their ectoparasites and in questing ticks collected in a nature preserve park in southern Italy, as well as in a peri-urban area in another region. We also investigated the exposure to these pat...