First identification of Rickettsia helvetica in questing ticks from a French Northern Brittany Forest.

• Main Authors: Sarah I Bonnet (Author), Richard E L Paul (Author), Emmanuel Bischoff (Author), Martine Cote (Author), Evelyne Le Naour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tick-borne rickettsiae are considered to be emerging, but data about their presence in western Europe are scarce. Ixodes ricinus ticks, the most abundant and widespread tick species in western Europe, were collected and tested for the presence of several tick-borne pathogens in western France, a reg...