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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Sarah I Bonnet (Συγγραφέας), Richard E L Paul (Συγγραφέας), Emmanuel Bischoff (Συγγραφέας), Martine Cote (Συγγραφέας), Evelyne Le Naour (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: 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...