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First detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ricinus ticks from northern Italy.
Ravagnan, Silvia Tomassone, Laura Montarsi, Fabrizio Krawczyk, Aleksandra Iwona Mastrorilli, Eleonora Sprong, Hein Milani, Adelaide Rossi, Luca Capelli, Gioia
Ravagnan, Silvia
Tomassone, Laura
Montarsi, Fabrizio
Krawczyk, Aleksandra Iwona
Mastrorilli, Eleonora
Sprong, Hein
Milani, Adelaide
Rossi, Luca
Capelli, Gioia
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2018-03-20
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First detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ricinus ticks from northern Italy.
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Parasit Vectors 2018; 11(1):130
Abstract
Borrelia miyamotoi is a spirochete transmitted by several ixodid tick species. It causes a relapsing fever in humans and is currently considered as an emerging pathogen. In Europe, B. miyamotoi seems to occur at low prevalence in Ixodes ricinus ticks but has a wide distribution. Here we report the first detection of B. miyamotoi in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in two independent studies conducted in 2016 in the north-eastern and north-western Alps, Italy.