Warmer Weather Linked to Tick Attack and Emergence of Severe Rickettsioses
Figure 2
Entomological survey in the homesites where two patients where infected by Rickettsia conorii and R. massiliae.
Panels A and B show the house and the garden where the patients were bitten by ticks. Panel C shows the collection of ticks by “flagging” or “dragging” a blanket over vegetation (Panel C). Ticks become attached to the blanket and can be removed periodically (Panel D). Panel E shows the garage where a dog used to sleep. Many Rhipicephalus sanguineus were found in crevices and cracks in the wall (Panel G and H) and on a blanket (F) and were collected (panel I) for molecular detection of rickettsias.