Detection of Dermacentor marginatus and a possible Rickettsia slovaca case in the United Kingdom - the risk of the visiting traveller

Affiliations

• ¹ Medical Entomology & Zoonoses Ecology, Public Health England, MRA, Emergency Response Dept, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG, UK. Electronic address: Maaike.Pietzsch@phe.gov.uk.
• ² Medical Entomology & Zoonoses Ecology, Public Health England, MRA, Emergency Response Dept, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG, UK. Electronic address: Kayleigh.Hansford@phe.gov.uk.
• ³ Medical Entomology & Zoonoses Ecology, Public Health England, MRA, Emergency Response Dept, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG, UK. Electronic address: Ben.Cull@phe.gov.uk.
• ⁴ National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Laboratory for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Electronic address: seta.jahfari@rivm.nl.
• ⁵ National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Laboratory for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Electronic address: hein.sprong@rivm.nl.
• ⁶ Medical Entomology & Zoonoses Ecology, Public Health England, MRA, Emergency Response Dept, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG, UK. Electronic address: Jolyon.Medlock@phe.gov.uk.