Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
Letter
Rickettsiae in Ixodid Ticks, Sicily
Tiziana Beninati*
, Claudio Genchi*, Alessandra Torina†, Santo Caracappa†, Claudio Bandi*, and Nathan Lo*
, Claudio Genchi*, Alessandra Torina†, Santo Caracappa†, Claudio Bandi*, and Nathan Lo*Table
Identification of Rickettsia spp. in tick samples from herbivores, Corleone (Palermo Province), Italy, 2001-2002
| No. of ticks infected/total no. of ticks examined (tick species) | Minimum-maximum infection rate (%) | Rickettsia spp. identified (% identity with sca4 of spotted fever group rickettsiae) |
|---|---|---|
| Dermacentor marginatus (2/7) | 28.5 | R. slovaca (100) |
| Haemaphysalis punctata (1/15) | 6.6 | R. slovaca (100) |
| Hyalomma marginatum (2*/24) | 8.3–20.8 | R. aeschlimannii (99.79) |
| Hyalomma marginatum (1/24) | 4.1 | R. africae (99.75) Rickettsia sp. strain S (99.25) R. honei (99.0) |
| Rhipicephalus turanicus (1†/52) | 1.9–7.6 | R. conorii (100) |
*Two pools of 2 and 3 ticks were positive. †One pool of 4 ticks was positive.
