Publications by authors named "Julio David Soto-Lopez"
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on tick-borne rickettsioses (TBRs), which are emerging zoonotic diseases in Europe, and aims to track tick populations and their pathogens in northwestern Spain from 2018 to 2022.
- A total of 7397 ticks were collected and analyzed for rickettsial pathogens, revealing a detection rate of 15.91%, with ten different Rickettsia species identified, some of which had not been previously documented in the region.
- The research highlights significant geographic and seasonal changes in tick populations and their associated pathogens, showcasing how their distributions have evolved over time.
Ticks transmit a wide diversity of pathogens to a great variety of hosts, including humans. We conducted a tick surveillance study in northwestern Spain between 2014 and 2019. Ticks were removed from people and identified.
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