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Published on: October 31, 2025
Ornithodoros moubata, a soft tick vector for Rickettsia in east Africa?
Sally J Cutler1, Paul Browning, Julie C Scott
1Bacterial Zoonoses, Department of Statutory and Exotic Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK. s.cutler@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
Abstract:
Omithodoros moubata complex (Argasidae) ticks collected from human dwellings in central Tanzania were found to carry a novel rickettsial species that clustered among the spotted fever group. Although no evidence of human infection was evident, these ticks feed primarily on man, thus providing opportunity for zoonotic infection.
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