Humans parasitized by the hard tick Ixodes ricinus are seropositive to Midichloria mitochondrii: is Midichloria a novel pathogen, or just a marker of tick bite?

Midichloria mitochondrii is an intracellular bacterium found in the hard tick Ixodes ricinus. In this arthropod, M. mitochondrii is observed in the oocytes and in other cells of the ovary, where the symbiont is present in the cell cytoplasm and inside the mitochondria. No studies have so far investi...

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Autores principales: Mariconti, Mara, Epis, Sara, Gaibani, Paolo, Dalla Valle, Claudia, Sassera, Davide, Tomao, Paola, Fabbi, Massimo, Castelli, Francesco, Marone, Piero, Sambri, Vittorio, Bazzocchi, Chiara, Bandi, Claudio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Maney Publishing 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3589662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23265610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000050

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