We have with great interest read the paper by Tuuminen et al. (1) published in the July 2014 issue of this journal where the pine weevil (Hylobius abietis) is incriminated as a vector of the potential human pathogen Capnocytophaga canimorsus. The authors base their conclusion on the fact that the man, who was infected by C. canimorsus, claimed that “he had been bitten by a large pine weevil on ...
