Warmer Weather Linked to Tick Attack and Emergence of Severe Rickettsioses

Philippe Parola; Cristina Socolovschi; Luc Jeanjean; Idir Bitam; Pierre-Edouard Fournier; Albert Sotto; Pierre Labauge; Didier Raoult

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000338

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Warmer Weather Linked to Tick Attack and Emergence of Severe Rickettsioses

Philippe Parola,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, WHO Collaborative Centre for Rickettsial and Other Arthropod Borne Bacterial Diseases, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Cristina Socolovschi,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, WHO Collaborative Centre for Rickettsial and Other Arthropod Borne Bacterial Diseases, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Luc Jeanjean,

Affiliation Consultation de Neuro-Ophtalmologie, CHU Nîmes, France
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Idir Bitam,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, WHO Collaborative Centre for Rickettsial and Other Arthropod Borne Bacterial Diseases, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Pierre-Edouard Fournier,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, WHO Collaborative Centre for Rickettsial and Other Arthropod Borne Bacterial Diseases, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Albert Sotto,

Affiliation Service des Maladies Infectieuses, CHU Nîmes, France
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Pierre Labauge,

Affiliation Consultation de Neuro-Ophtalmologie, CHU Nîmes, France
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Didier Raoult

* E-mail: didier.raoult@gmail.com

Affiliation Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, WHO Collaborative Centre for Rickettsial and Other Arthropod Borne Bacterial Diseases, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Warmer Weather Linked to Tick Attack and Emergence of Severe Rickettsioses

Philippe Parola,
Cristina Socolovschi,
Luc Jeanjean,
Idir Bitam,
Pierre-Edouard Fournier,
Albert Sotto,
Pierre Labauge,
Didier Raoult

Published: November 18, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000338

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