Bacterial Agents Detected in 418 Ticks Removed from Humans during 2014-2021, France

Authors :: Jumpertz, Marie
Sevestre, Jacques
Luciani, Lea
Houhamdi, Linda
Fournier, Pierre-Edouard
Parola, Philippe
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. April, 2023, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p701, 10 p.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods that are the second most prevalent vectors of human zoonotic pathogens after mosquitoes (1). Ticks harbor a vast number of pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and protozoa [...]

Subjects :: Tick-borne diseases -- Statistics -- Causes of -- Risk factors
Bacteria, Pathogenic -- Statistics -- Identification and classification
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