Why Are There So Few Rickettsia conorii conorii-Infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus Ticks in the Wild?

Cristina Socolovschi (1) , Jean Gaudart (2, 3) , Idir Bitam (4, 5, 6) , Thi Phong Huynh (1) , Didier Raoult (7, 1) , Philippe Parola (1)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
2 SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD - Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale
3 AMU - Aix Marseille Université
4 ENSV - Ecole Nationale Supérieure Vétérinaire d'Alger
5 Laboratoire VALCORE
6 Laboratoire d’Ecologie et Environnement
7 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection

Background: Rickettsia conorii conorii is the etiological agent of Mediterranean spotted fever, which is transmitted by the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. The relationship between the Rickettsia and its tick vector are still poorly understood one century after the first description of this disease.

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Cristina Socolovschi, Jean Gaudart, Idir Bitam, Thi Phong Huynh, Didier Raoult, et al.. Why Are There So Few Rickettsia conorii conorii-Infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus Ticks in the Wild?. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012, ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0001697⟩. ⟨hal-01307776⟩