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Volume 20, Number 10—October 2014
Letter

Three-Toed Sloth as Putative Reservoir of Coxiella burnetii, Cayenne, French Guiana

Bernard Davoust1, Jean-Lou Marié1, Vincent Pommier de Santi, Jean-Michel Berenger, Sophie Edouard, and Didier RaoultComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France (B. Davoust, J.-L. Marié, J.-M. Berenger, S. Edouard, D. Raoult); Groupe de Travail en Épidémiologie Animale du Service de Santé des Armées, Toulon, France (J.-L. Marié); Direction Interarmées du Service de Santé en Guyane, Cayenne, France (V. Pommier de Santi); Centre d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique des Armées, Marseille (V. Pommier de Santi).

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Putative reservoir of Coxiella burnetii in Cayenne, French Guiana A) A 3-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) in its natural habitat in Tiger Camp, a military residential area located at the top of a wooded hill in Cayenne, French Guiana (photograph by S. Fernandes). B) A male tick (Amblyomma geayi) found on the 3-toed sloth in this study (photograph by J.M. Berenger).

Figure. Putative reservoir of Coxiella burnetii in Cayenne, French Guiana A) A 3-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) in its natural habitat in Tiger Camp, a military residential area located at the top of a wooded hill in Cayenne, French Guiana (photograph by S. Fernandes). B) A male tick (Amblyomma geayi) found on the 3-toed sloth in this study (photograph by J.M. Berenger).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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