Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus and tick-borne lymphadenopathy, Tuscany, Italy

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 May;14(5):817-20. doi: 10.3201/eid1405.070976.

Abstract

Of 263 patients in Tuscany, Italy, from whom ticks were removed during July 2005-May 2007, five showed signs of tick-borne encephalopathy. Of the ticks, 17 were Dermacentor marginatus; 6 (35.3%) of these were identified by sequence analysis as containing Rickettsia slovaca. Tick-borne lympadenopathy occurs in this area.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Child
  • Dermacentor / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insect Bites and Stings
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphatic Diseases / epidemiology
  • Lymphatic Diseases / microbiology*
  • Lymphatic Diseases / pathology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Rickettsia / classification
  • Rickettsia / genetics
  • Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
  • Rickettsia Infections / microbiology*
  • Rickettsia Infections / pathology
  • Rickettsia Infections / transmission
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / microbiology*
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / pathology
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / transmission

Substances

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • OMPA outer membrane proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/U43808