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Original Article

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?

Mara MaricontiDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy;Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San MatteoPavia, Italy
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Sara EpisDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Paolo GaibaniU.O. Microbiologia – CRREMAzienda Ospedaliera UniversitariaS.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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Claudia Dalla ValleFondazione IRCCS Policlinico San MatteoPavia, Italy
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Davide SasseraDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Paola TomaoINAIL – Department of Occupational MedicineRoma, Italy
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Massimo FabbiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia RomagnaSezione Diagnosticadi Pavia, Italy
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Francesco CastelliClinica di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Piero MaroneFondazione IRCCS Policlinico San MatteoPavia, Italy
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Vittorio SambriU.O. Microbiologia – CRREMAzienda Ospedaliera UniversitariaS.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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Chiara BazzocchiDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Claudio BandiDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 391-396 | Published online: 12 Nov 2013

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