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To the Editor:Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods of considerable medical and veterinary importance because they harm the host through their feeding action and vector many pathogens.1Parola P Raoult D Ticks and tick-borne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat.Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 32: 897-928Crossref PubMed Scopus (816) Google ScholarThe role of Ripicephalus sanguineus, the brown dog tick, in the transmission of disease to man was first established in the 1930s.2Brumpt E Longevité du virus de la fièvre botounneuse (Rickettsia coronii, n. sp.) chez la tique Ripicephalus sanguineus.C R Soc Biol. 1932; 110: 1197-1199Google Scholar Because Ripicephalus sanguineus is becoming more antropophilic and the species is mutating to be more adapted to humans,3Goodard J Focus of human parasitism by the brown dog tick, Ripicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae).J Med Entomol. 1989; 26: 628-629PubMed Google Scholartick-borne diseases constitute an emerging infection threat to humans.1Parola P Raoult D Ticks and tick-borne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat.Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 32: 897-928Crossref PubMed Scopus (816) Google ScholarThey transmit bacteria when their feeding sites are contaminated with salivary secretions, regurgitated midgut contents, and feces.Copyright © 2003 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. To the Editor:Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods of considerable medical and veterinary importance because they harm the host through their feeding action and vector many pathogens.1Parola P Raoult D Ticks and tick-borne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat.Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 32: 897-928Crossref PubMed Scopus (816) Google ScholarThe role of Ripicephalus sanguineus, the brown dog tick, in the transmission of disease to man was first established in the 1930s.2Brumpt E Longevité du virus de la fièvre botounneuse (Rickettsia coronii, n. sp.) chez la tique Ripicephalus sanguineus.C R Soc Biol. 1932; 110: 1197-1199Google Scholar Because Ripicephalus sanguineus is becoming more antropophilic and the species is mutating to be more adapted to humans,3Goodard J Focus of human parasitism by the brown dog tick, Ripicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae).J Med Entomol. 1989; 26: 628-629PubMed Google Scholartick-borne diseases constitute an emerging infection threat to humans.1Parola P Raoult D Ticks and tick-borne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat.Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 32: 897-928Crossref PubMed Scopus (816) Google ScholarThey transmit bacteria when their feeding sites are contaminated with salivary secretions, regurgitated midgut contents, and feces.Copyright © 2003 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods of considerable medical and veterinary importance because they harm the host through their feeding action and vector many pathogens.1Parola P Raoult D Ticks and tick-borne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat.Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 32: 897-928Crossref PubMed Scopus (816) Google ScholarThe role of Ripicephalus sanguineus, the brown dog tick, in the transmission of disease to man was first established in the 1930s.2Brumpt E Longevité du virus de la fièvre botounneuse (Rickettsia coronii, n. sp.) chez la tique Ripicephalus sanguineus.C R Soc Biol. 1932; 110: 1197-1199Google Scholar Because Ripicephalus sanguineus is becoming more antropophilic and the species is mutating to be more adapted to humans,3Goodard J Focus of human parasitism by the brown dog tick, Ripicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae).J Med Entomol. 1989; 26: 628-629PubMed Google Scholartick-borne diseases constitute an emerging infection threat to humans.1Parola P Raoult D Ticks and tick-borne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat.Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 32: 897-928Crossref PubMed Scopus (816) Google Scholar They transmit bacteria when their feeding sites are contaminated with salivary secretions, regurgitated midgut contents, and feces. Copyright © 2003 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
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