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17114733

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
During a 7-year study, we identified and analyzed by PCR 4,049 ticks removed from 3,685 asymptomatic patients in Castilla y León (northwestern Spain). A total of 320 ticks (belonging to 10 species) were PCR-positive for rickettsiae. Comparison of amplicon sequences in databases enabled us to identify eight different spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae: Rickettsia slovaca, Rickettsia sp. IRS3/IRS4, R. massiliae/Bar29, R. aeschlimannii, Rickettsia sp. RpA4/DnS14, R. helvetica, Rickettsia sp. DmS1, and R. conorii. Although Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is an endemic disease in Castilla y León, R. conorii was found in only one Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick, whereas other pathogenic SFG rickettsiae were much more prevalent in the same area. Our data suggest that in Castilla y León, many MSF or MSF-like cases attributed to R. conorii could have been actually caused by other SFG rickettsiae present in ticks biting people in this region of Spain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0077-8923
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1078
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
331-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks feeding on humans in northwestern Spain: is Rickettsia conorii vanishing?
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Avenida Campo Charro s/n. 37007, Salamanca, Spain. pfsoto@usal.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't