Table 3.

“Candidatus Rickettsia” spp. in Europe

“Ca. Rickettsia” spp.	Associated arthropod or source	Country of the first identification	Reference	Associated human disease	Reference of associated disease
“Ca. R. tarasevichiae”	Ixodes persulcatus	Russia	[132]	“Ca. R.tarasevichiae” infection	[133]
“Ca. R. kotlanii”	Ixodes spp.	Hungary	[134]	–	–
“Ca. R. barbariae”	Rhipicephalus turanicus	Italy	[135]	–	–
“Ca. R. rioja”	Dermacentor marginatus	Spain	[67]	DEBONEL/TIBOLA	[68]
“Ca. R. siciliensis”	Rhipicephalus turanicus	Italy	[136]	–	–
“Ca. R. uralica”	Ixodes trianguliceps	Russia	[137]	–	–
“Ca. R. mendelii”	Ixodes ricinus	Czech Republic	[138]	–	–