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SUBMITTER: Papa A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4914872 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Papa Anna A Xanthopoulou Kyriaki K Kotriotsiou Tzimoula T Papaioakim Miltiadis M Sotiraki Smaragda S Chaligiannis Ilias I Maltezos Efstratios E
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 20160501 5
<h4>Background</h4>Ticks 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.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 159 ticks were removed from 147 persons who sought medical advice in a hospital. Tick identification was performed morphologicall ...[more]