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Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus and tick-borne lymphadenopathy, Tuscany, Italy

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 817-820

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CENTER DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.070976

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Of 263 patients in Tuscany, Italy, from whom ticks were removed during July 2005-May 2007, five showed signs of tick-borne lymphadenopathy. Of the ticks, 17 were Dermacentor marginatus; 6 (35.3%) of these were identified by sequence analysis as containing Rickettsia slovaca. Tickborne lymphadenopathy occurs in this area.

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