Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia

CONCLUSION: This is the first report in Colombia of a species of the Ixodes genus parasitizing a human and the first report of the detection of R. bellii in this tick species.PMID:34214274 | PMC:PMC8384465 | DOI:10.7705/biomedica.5464

Source: Biomedica : Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - July 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Juan Carlos Quintero Mar ía L Félix Jos é M Venzal Santiago Nava Source Type: research