Volume 19, Number 2—February 2013
Letter
Clustered Cases of Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infection, France
Sophie Edouard, Philippe Parola, Cristina Socolovschi, Bernard Davoust, Bernard La Scola, and Didier Raoult
Table
Ticks collected from property of 2 patients infected with Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, France, 2011*
| Location of tick collection | No. ticks collected | Tick species identification† | No. ticks (Rickettsia species) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harboring rickettsial DNA | From which rickettsiae were cultured | |||
| Garden | 2 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| Dog | 21 | Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 2 (R. massiliae) | 0 |
| Cat litter | 7 | ND | 1 (R. massiliae) | 1 (R. massiliae) |
| Cat | 9 | Rh. pusillus | 1 (R. sibirica mongolitimonae) | 1 (R. sibirica mongolitimonae) |
| Scrub land | 5 | ND | 0 | 0 |
*ND, not done.
†Based on 12S rRNA gene. All adult ticks were morphologically identified as Rh. sanguineus.
