B. (burgdorferi) sensu lato spirochetes, granulocytic anaplasmosisby Anaplasma phagocytophilum (A. phagocytophilum),and rickettsiosis due to rickettsiae belonging to the SpottedFever Group are well known in human medicine [1]
Bartonellosis is a zoonotic vector-borne disease etiologic agent of the Cat Scratch Disease. However, the genus Bartonella includes several species able to infect humans.
Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii), responsible for Q Fever, is
transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food, mainly dairy products, or inhalation of infected aerosol, but infection due to infected ticks is possible.