High Prevalence and Low Diversity of Rickettsia in Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks, Central Europe.

ABSTRACT: We collected 1,671 Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from 17 locations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. We found 47.9% overall prevalence of Rickettsia species in ticks over all locations. Sequence analysis confirmed that all tested samples belonged to R. raoultii, the causative agent of tick-borne lymphadenopathy.

SUBMITTER: Balazova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8962898 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature