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TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 706-708Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.05.013
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Anaplasmataceae; 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis'; Borrelia afzelii; Tick-borne disease; Zoonotic disease
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- Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
- Lund Animal Protection fund (Lunds Djurskyddsfond)
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Despite the vast importance of ticks as disease vectors, the infectious agents transmitted by ticks are still incompletely known in many areas. Here, we report for the first time the detection of the bacterium 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' in Romania, in an Ixodes ricinus tick obtained from a human. Furthermore, the tick also had a co-infection with Borrelia afzelii. 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' is one of the most recent discoveries of a tick-borne agent, and has been found in human patients in several European countries as well as in China. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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