Humans parasitized by the hard tick Ixodes ricinus are seropositive to Midichloria mitochondrii: Is Midichloria a novel pathogen, or just a marker of tick bite?

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 391-396

  Mariconti, Mara ^a,b   Epis, Sara ^a   Gaibani, Paolo ^c   Valle, Claudia Dalla ^b   Sassera, Davide ^a   Tomao, Paola ^d   Fabbi, Massimo ^e   Castelli, Francesco ^f   Marone, Piero ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^c   Bazzocchi, Chiara ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human sera; Ixodes ricinus; MALOs; Midichloria mitochondrii; Serological screening; Tick borne bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII ANTIBODY; MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IXODES RICINUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SERUM; TICK BITE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; IXODES; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84871308854     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000050     Document Type: Article

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