There are a lot of references of rickettsioses acquired by travellers and considered imported diseases (McDonald et al., 1988; Bottieau et al. 2006; Freedman et al., 2006; Askling et al. 2009; Chen & Wilson, 2009; Jensenius et al., 2009; Stokes & Walters, 2009). Nowadays ticks cause most travel-associated rickettsioses. Ticks are considered to be one of the most important vectors of infectious diseases in the world, preceded only by mosquitoes. Therefore, tick-borne rickettsioses are endemic all over the world (Hechemy et al., 2006). The majority of travel-associated rickettsioses refer to Sub-Saharan Africa tourists who develop African tick-bite fever (ATBF), mainly transmitted by Amblyomma hebraeum (Figure 1). In addition.
