Abstract
Of 263 patients in Tuscany, Italy, from whom ticks were removed during July 2005-May 2007, five showed signs of tick-borne encephalopathy. Of the ticks, 17 were Dermacentor marginatus; 6 (35.3%) of these were identified by sequence analysis as containing Rickettsia slovaca. Tick-borne lympadenopathy occurs in this area.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Animals
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
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Child
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Dermacentor / microbiology*
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Female
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Humans
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Insect Bites and Stings
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Italy / epidemiology
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Lymph Nodes / pathology
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Lymphatic Diseases / epidemiology
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Lymphatic Diseases / microbiology*
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Lymphatic Diseases / pathology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Rickettsia / classification
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Rickettsia / genetics
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Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
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Rickettsia Infections / microbiology*
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Rickettsia Infections / pathology
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Rickettsia Infections / transmission
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Tick-Borne Diseases / microbiology*
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Tick-Borne Diseases / pathology
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Tick-Borne Diseases / transmission
Substances
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
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OMPA outer membrane proteins