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Detection and identification of Rickettsia helvetica and Rickettsia sp. IRS3/IRS4 in Ixodes ricinus ticks found on humans in Spain

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (FIS), Red temática de Investigación Cooperativa EBATRAG-G03/057. Thanks are given to N. Skinner for revising the English version of the manuscript.

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  1. Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Avenida Campo Charro s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain

    P. Fernández-Soto & A. Encinas-Grandes

  2. Departamento de Patología Animal, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Cordel de Merinas 40-52, 37007, Salamanca, Spain

    R. Pérez-Sánchez

  3. Dirección General de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad y Bienestar Social, Junta de Castilla y León, Avenida Burgos 5, 47011, Valladolid, Spain

    R. Álamo Sanz

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Fernández-Soto, P., Pérez-Sánchez, R., Encinas-Grandes, A. et al. Detection and identification of Rickettsia helvetica and Rickettsia sp. IRS3/IRS4 in Ixodes ricinus ticks found on humans in Spain. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23, 648–649 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-004-1184-7

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