| [ticks and the pediatrician]. | the match between ticks and pediatricians in italy is usually a seasonal event related to the spring and summer trips and to the increasing of outdoor activity that sun and warm weather allow, both for children and ticks. so cared parents reach emergencies asking for tick removal but more often after the tick has yet been removed by empirical manoeuvres and after the killing and the destruction of the "enemy". we have scheduled, in the years 2002-2003, the 167 children that reached our unit for ... | 2004 | 15305698 |
| detection and identification of rickettsia species in the northeast of italy. | this study was carried out using ixodes ricinus ticks collected during 2005 and 2006 from the friuli venezia giulia (fvg) region in the northeastern part of italy and an area along the slovenian side of the western border of italy. the results indicate that rickettsia spp. is widely distributed throughout these areas, with the greatest prevalence in the central part of the fvg region. the prevalence of rickettsia spp. was 4.5% during 2005 and 6.1% during 2006. by sequencing the 16s rrna gene, we ... | 2008 | 18637720 |
| genetic diversity of bacterial agents detected in ticks removed from asymptomatic patients in northeastern italy. | a total of 360 ticks were removed from 353 asymptomatic subjects in belluno province, italy and surrounding areas, from 1998 to 2001. ticks were identified as ixodes ricinus (357), ixodes hexagonus (1), rhipicephalus sanguineus (1), and ixodes ventalloi (1). tick dna was investigated by pcr and subsequent sequencing of amplified products to identity associated bacterial agents. primers targeting different genes of rickettsia (glta and ompa), borrelia (16s rdna, rpob), francisella (16s rdna), and ... | 2003 | 12860623 |
| a study of the presence of b. burgdorferi, anaplasma (previously ehrlichia) phagocytophilum, rickettsia, and babesia in ixodes ricinus collected within the territory of belluno, italy. | in the years 2000 and 2001, we sampled ticks in order to establish the distribution of ixodes ricinus in the province of belluno; 5987 tick samples from 244 sites throughout the province were gathered, by dragging for a 5-min period. in 40 sites, seasonal variations and cycle stages of the parasites were studied at monthly intervals from march to september. a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) technique was used to identify the tick-infected sites. of 1931 individual ticks, 8.23% were positive for ... | 2006 | 16584324 |
| serological evidence of rickettsia infections in forestry rangers in north-eastern italy. | the prevalence of antibodies to rickettsiae and other tick-borne microrganisms in the sera of 181 forestry rangers from friuli-venezia-giulia, italy, was examined. seven (3.9%) sera were positive for rickettsia conorii and rickettsia helvetica, as single or dual infections; four of these sera had been found previously to be positive for borrelia burgdorferi. antibodies to coxiella burnetii were detected in five (2.8%) sera, four of which were also positive for b. burgdorferi. these findings indi ... | 2006 | 16643531 |