Molecular identification of Borrelia and SFG Rickettsia spp. in hard ticks parasitizing domestic and wild animals in southeastern Spain.

Autor: Ortega N; Dpto. de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de Excelencia Internacional, 'Campus Mare Nostrum' Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo, Murcia, 30100, Spain. nortega@um.es., Arcenillas-Hernández I; Dpto. de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de Excelencia Internacional, 'Campus Mare Nostrum' Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo, Murcia, 30100, Spain., Villa MI; Dirección General de Salud Pública y Adicciones. Servicio de Seguridad Alimentaria y Zoonosis, Consejería de Salud de la Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia, Murcia, Spain., González MD; Dirección General de Salud Pública y Adicciones. Servicio de Seguridad Alimentaria y Zoonosis, Consejería de Salud de la Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia, Murcia, Spain., Caro MR; Dpto. de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de Excelencia Internacional, 'Campus Mare Nostrum' Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo, Murcia, 30100, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary research communications [Vet Res Commun] 2024 Jun; Vol. 48 (3), pp. 1785-1790. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 17.
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-023-10292-x
Abstrakt: Lyme disease and the spotted fever group rickettsiosis, involve bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia and Rickettsia, respectively. These infections are the most important tick-borne zoonotic diseases involving ticks as vectors. Descriptive and epidemiological studies are essential to determine the animal hosts involved in the maintenance of these diseases. In the present study, 94 tick pool samples from 15 different host species located in the Region of Murcia (southeastern, Spain) were analysed. Ticks were morphologically identified as: Dermacentor marginatus, Hyalomma lusitanicum, Ixodes Ricinus, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Our results showed that 5.3% of the tick pool samples carried Borrelia spp. DNA, and 20.2% carried SFG Rickettsia DNA. In every hard tick pool Spot Fever Group (SFG) Rickettsia spp. DNA were detected, except for H. lusitanicum. Likewise, D. marginatum was the only species in which Borrelia spp. DNA was not detected. Barbary sheep and wild boar were the host species in which tick pools showed DNA presence of both pathogens. This study increases the knowledge about the presence of Borrelia spp. DNA and SFG Rickettsia spp. DNA in different hard tick species from this geographical area.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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