@article{PAR00014416,
  title = {{B}acterial agents in 248 ticks removed from people from 2002 to 2013},
  author = {{A}ubry, {C}. and {S}ocolovschi, {C}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {P}arola, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} retrospective study was conducted to analyze the tick species removed from people and to detect tick-infecting bacteria in the specimens collected over the past 10 years at the reference center for rickettsioses, {M}arseille, {F}rance. {A} total of 248 ticks were removed from 200 people, including {D}ermacentor (73), {R}hipicephalus (67), {I}xodes (60), {A}mblyomma (8), {A}rgas (3), {H}yalomma (1), and {H}aemaphysalis (1) species. {B}acterial {DNA} was detected in 101 ticks: {R}ickettsia slovaca (34%) and {R}ickettsia raoultii (23%) were detected in {D}ermacentor ticks; {R}ickettsia conorii (16%) and {R}ickettsia massiliae (18%) were found in {R}hipicephalus ticks; and {A}naplasma phagocytophylum (5%), {B}orrelia spp. (8%) and {R}ickettsia spp. (2%) were detected in {I}xodes ticks. {A}mong the bitten people for which clinical data and laboratory samples were available, tick borne diseases were confirmed in 11 symptomatic individuals.},
  keywords = {{T}ick-borne diseases ; {P}revention ; {R}ickettsia ; {B}orrelia ; {E}hrlichia/{A}naplasma ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}icks and tick-borne diseases},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {475--481},
  ISSN = {1877-959{X}},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.02.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00014416},
}