Identification of Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks Carrying Rickettsia raoultii on Migrating Jackal, Denmark

From a migrating golden jackal (Canis aureus), we retrieved 21 live male Dermacentor reticulatus ticks, a species not previously reported from wildlife in Denmark. We identified Rickettsia raoultii from 18 (86%) of the ticks. This bacterium is associated with scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy af...

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Autores principales: Klitgaard, Kirstine, Chriél, Mariann, Isbrand, Anastasia, Jensen, Tim K., Bødker, René
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148376
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.170919

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148376
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.170919

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