‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ in Europe

‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ is an uncultured emerging bacterium that is provisionally included in the family Anaplasmataceae. In Europe, it is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus ticks. Rodents are the reservoirs. It is widely distributed in mammals (both wild and domestic) and birds. It causes an inflammatory disease in humans with underlying diseases, but the microorganism also affects immunocompetent individuals in which asymptomatic infection has been recognized. A high degree of suspicion and the use of molecular tools are needed for the correct diagnosis. Efforts to cultivate it and to investigate its pathogenesis should be a priority.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  new microbes and new infections

• Publication date

  2018-01-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.011PMID 29556406PMCID 5857181
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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