ArticleTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2016
Rickettsia species in human-parasitizing ticks in Greece.
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- Detailed Infestation Spectrums About Biological Stages of Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Acta parasitologica · 2021Pooled it
- New insights about human tick infestation features: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- Rickettsia massiliae and its public health significance across Palearctic and Oriental regions: a scoping review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Article
- Tick-Borne Pathogens and Diseases in Greece.Microorganisms · 2021Review
- Expansion of Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the World.Microorganisms · 2020Review
- Molecular Detection of Spotted-Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks Collected from Domestic and Wild Animals in Corsica, France.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Molecular identification of spotted fever group Rickettsia in ticks collected from dogs and small ruminants in Greece.Experimental & applied acarology · 2019Article
- Metagenomic profiling of ticks: Identification of novel rickettsial genomes and detection of tick-borne canine parvovirus.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Molecular evidence of Rickettsia raoultii, "Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae" and a novel Babesia genotype in marbled polecats (Vormela peregusna) at the China-Kazakhstan border.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Molecular identification of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from dogs and small ruminants from Greece.Experimental & applied acarology · 2018Article
- Ticks and associated pathogens in dogs from Greece.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundTicks serve as vectors and reservoirs for a variety of bacterial, viral and protozoan pathogens affecting humans and animals. Unusual increased tick aggressiveness was observed in 2008-2009 in northeastern Greece. The aim of the study was to check ticks removed from persons during 2009 for infection with Rickettsia species.
methodsA total of 159 ticks were removed from 147 persons who sought medical advice in a hospital. Tick identification was performed morphologically using taxonomic keys. DNA was extracted from each individual tick and a PCR assay targeting the rickettsial outer membrane protein A gene of Rickettsia spp. was applied.
resultsMost of the adult ticks (132/153, 86.3%) were Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Rickettsiae were detected in 23 of the 153 (15.0%) adult ticks. Five Rickettsiae species were identified: R. aeschlimannii, R. africae (n=6), R. massilae (4), R. monacensis (1), and Candidatus R. barbariae (1). To our knowledge, this is the first report of R. africae, R. monacensis, and Candidatus R. barbariae in Greece.
conclusionsSeveral Rickettsia species were identified in ticks removed from humans in Greece, including those that are prevalent in northern and southern latitudes.
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