Rickettsia spp. in bats of Romania: high prevalence of Rickettsia monacensis in two insectivorous bat species

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Review of SFG Rickettsia detected in Romania

Rickettsia species	Organism	Ticks origin	References
R. aeschlimannii	Hyalomma marginatum	Cattle	[5]
R. conorii	humans	-	[6, 7]
R. conorii	Rhipicephalus sanguineus	Dog	[8]
R. helvetica	Ixodes ricinus	Questing	[9]
	I. ricinus	Dogs, cattle, horses	[8, 10, 11]
	I. ricinus	Humans	[12]
	I. ricinus	Erithacus rubecula, Panurus biarmicus, Turdus merula	[13]
	I. arboricola I. redikorzevi	Birds*	[13]
	I. ricinus I. crenulatus Dermacentor reticulatus R. sanguineus	Dogs, foxes, sheep, cats	[5]**
R. massiliae	humans	-	[14]
	I. ricinus I. arboricola	T. philomelos	[13]
	D. reticulatus	Dogs, foxes	[5]
R. monacensis	I. ricinus	Questing	[9]
	I. ricinus	E. rubecula, T. merula	[13]
	I. ricinus	Dogs, cattle, horses	[8, 10]
	I. ricinus	Humans	[12]
	Haemaphysalis concinna	Birds*	[13]
	I. ricinus D. reticulatus R. sanguineus	Dogs, foxes, cats	[5]**
R. raoultii	humans	-	[14]
	D. reticulatus	Questing	[5, 9]
	D. reticulatus	Dogs	[8]
	D. marginatus	Cattle	[10]
	D. reticulatus D. marginatus R. sanguineus	Dogs, sheep, goats	[5]**
R. slovaca	humans	-	[14]
	D. marginatus	Cattle, sheep	[10]
	D. reticulatus	Dogs	[8]
	I. ricinus	T. merula	[13]
	I. ricinus D. marginatus R. sanguineus	Dogs, foxes, sheep, goats	[5]**

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