Emerging infectious diseasesHumansAnimalsFinlandSwedenSpiroplasma
Spiroplasma ixodetis in Ticks Removed from Humans, Sweden and Åland Islands, Finland.
Malin Lager, Yousif Alkattan, Amanda Sandbacka Karlsson, Louise Fernström, Anna Grankvist, Christine Wennerås, Marika Nordberg, Dag Nyman, Per-Eric Lindgren, Pia Forsberg, Peter Wilhelmsson, Anna J Henningsson
Published: 202510.3201/eid3111.250545
Abstract
Open AccessThe prevalence of Spiroplasma ixodetis in ticks that have bitten humans in Sweden and in the Åland Islands, Finland, was 2.6%, with observed significant geographic differences between regions. The pathogen was not detected in blood samples from participants bitten by S. ixodetis-positive ticks, indicating low risk for transmission to humans.