Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Synopsis
Bacterial Agents Detected in 418 Ticks Removed from Humans during 2014–2021, France
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![Flow chart of bacteria and tick identification and patient signs/symptoms in study of bacterial agents detected in 418 ticks removed from humans during 2014–2021, France. Ticks were removed from 359 patients and sent to the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection in Marseille, France, where they were identified by using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry or sequencing PCR products. Bacteria carried by ticks were isolated and identified by PCR or serologic methods at the institute. CLB, Coxiella-like bacteria; SENLAT, scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy syndrome; SFG, spotted fever group; TBD, tickborne disease; WB, Western blot.](/eid/images/22-1572-F3.jpg)
Figure 3. Flow chart of bacteria and tick identification and patient signs/symptoms in study of bacterial agents detected in 418 ticks removed from humans during 2014–2021, France. Ticks were removed from 359 patients and sent to the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection in Marseille, France, where they were identified by using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry or sequencing PCR products. Bacteria carried by ticks were isolated and identified by PCR or serologic methods at the institute. CLB, Coxiella-like bacteria; SENLAT, scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy syndrome; SFG, spotted fever group; TBD, tickborne disease; WB, Western blot.
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