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Mediterranean spotted fever: A preliminary tick field study

✍ Scribed by José A. Oteo; Agustín Estrada-Peña; Carlos Ortega-Pérez; Victor Martínez de Artola

Publisher
Springer
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
670 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0393-2990

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✦ Synopsis

We studied the prevalence of rickettsialike organisms infection in different tick species (3154 adults) collected in several areas of the Ebro valley (Spain). The Gimenez stain showed a prevalence of rickettsia-like organisms in 38.6% of the Key words: Spotted fever group rickettsiae, Ixodoidea studied ticks. Using the immunofluorescence assay, only two species, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (16.4%) and R. pusillus (19.9%) have shown organisms compatible with spotted fever group rickettsiae.

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