Epidemiology of boutonneuse fever in western Sicily: isolation of spotted fever group Rickettsiae from Rhipicephalus sanguineus (fam. Ixodidae)

Microbiologica. 1986 Jan;9(1):81-8.

Abstract

Spotted fever group Rickettsiae were isolated from dog ticks (R. sanguineus) removed from dogs in different areas of western Sicily.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Boutonneuse Fever / microbiology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
  • Rickettsia / pathogenicity
  • Rickettsiaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Sheep
  • Spleen / microbiology
  • Ticks / microbiology*
  • Vagina / microbiology