Publications
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rickettsia slovaca and rickettsia raoultii in dermacentor marginatus ticks collected on wild boars in tuscany, italy. | during the hunting season 2007-2008, 494 dermacentor marginatus (sulzer) ticks were collected from 109 hunter-killed wild boars, sus scrofa, in lucca's province, tuscany, italy. rickettsia slovaca, the causative agent of tick-borne lymphadenopathy (tibola), was detected in 32.1% of ticks tested (n=112) by using polymerase chain reaction primers targeting glta, ompa, and ompb rickettsial genes. moreover, rickettsia raoultii was found for the first time in italy, with 1.8% infection prevalence. th ... | 2009 | 19960702 |