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Extraction of Saliva, Haemolymph, Salivary Glands, and Midgut from Individual Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)
Published on: October 31, 2025
Low incidence of tick-borne rickettsiosis in a Spanish Mediterranean area
Antonio Guerrero1, Flor Gimeno, Javier Colomina
1Hospital de La Ribera, Ctra Corbera Km 1, 46600 Alzira-Valencia, Spain. aguerrero@hospital-ribera.com
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to know the incidence of tick-borne rickettsial disease in a Mediterranean area. The incidence in 5 years for 100,000 inhabitants was 1.7 for tick-borne-lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA) and 0.4 for Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF). MSH incidence during the last few years has been lower than expected; in contrast TIBOLA seems to be an emerging disease. At the present time our data suggest a low tick-borne rickettsiosis incidence of MSF and a superior incidence of TIBOLA than MSF in the Spanish Mediterranean area.
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