10.1371/journal.pntd.0000338.g004 Philippe Parola Philippe Parola Cristina Socolovschi Cristina Socolovschi Luc Jeanjean Luc Jeanjean Idir Bitam Idir Bitam Pierre-Edouard Fournier Pierre-Edouard Fournier Albert Sotto Albert Sotto Pierre Labauge Pierre Labauge Didier Raoult Didier Raoult Monthly mean temperature (minimal and maximal) averaged from 1971 to 2000 in Nîmes southern France. Public Library of Science 2013 averaged 1971 2000 2013-02-21 07:36:15 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Monthly_mean_temperature_minimal_and_maximal_averaged_from_1971_to_2000_in_N_238_mes_southern_France_/586397 <p>The star symbolizes April 2007 which was the warmest April since 1950 when the focus of infection from an attack of <i>Rh. sanguineus</i> ticks was investigated (modified from <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000338#pntd.0000338-Mto1" target="_blank">[26]</a>).</p>