Spotted fever group Rickettsiae in Dermacentor marginatusfrom wild boars in Italy
Running Title: SFG Rickettsiae in D. marginatus of wild
boars
Giovanni Sgroia, Roberta Iattaa,
Riccardo Paolo Liaa, Nicola
D’Alessiob, Ranju Ravindran Santhakumari
Manoja, Vincenzo Venezianoc,d,
Domenico Otrantoa,e
aDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Bari, 70010, Valenzano, Italy
bIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del
Mezzogiorno, 80055, Portici, Italy
cDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal
Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
dOsservatorio Faunistico Venatorio - Campania Region,
Naples, Italy
eFaculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina
University, Hamedan, Iran
*Corresponding author:
Domenico Otranto
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, 70010
Bari, Italy
Phone: +39 0805443839
E-mail address:domenico.otranto@uniba.it(D. Otranto)