| rickettsia slovaca infection in humans in the northeast of spain: seroprevalence study. | catalonia is an endemic area of mediterranean spotted fever. in 1997, a. lakos described a new tick-borne infectious disease called tick-borne lymphadenopathy. the causative agent is rickettsia slovaca, which is transmitted by dermacentor marginatus ticks. we have diagnosed human cases in catalonia. the objective of this study was to determinate seroprevalence of r. slovaca infection in humans in the northeast of spain. the population included 217 subjects from catalonia, northeast of spain and ... | 2008 | 18620514 |
| evaluation of the presence of rickettsia slovaca infection in domestic ruminants in catalonia, northeastern spain. | rickettsia slovaca is the etiological agent of the human disease tick-borne lymphadenopathy (tibola) transmitted by dermacentor spp. ticks. in our area, dermacentor marginatus is the most important tick vector; adult ticks feed on mammals, especially ungulates such as wild boars and domestic ruminants. the epidemiology of tick-transmitted diseases describes a wild cycle and a domestic cycle and both are connected by ticks. to identify the role of domestic ruminants in the transmission and mainte ... | 2012 | 23186170 |