Rickettsiae in arthropods collected from the North African Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus) and the desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) in Algeria
| Autor: | Meryam Benyettou, Tahar Kernif, Mohamed Biche, Ghania Barech, Cristina Socolovschi, Didier Raoult, Mourad Khaldi, Philippe Parola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Bacterial Male Veterinary medicine Rhipicephalus sanguineus Immunology Microbiology Ticks Bacterial Proteins North African hedgehog Animals Immunology and Allergy Rickettsia Phylogeny Desert hedgehog Rickettsia massiliae General Veterinary biology General Medicine biology.organism_classification Rickettsia felis Spotted fever Paraechinus aethiopicus Infectious Diseases Hedgehogs Algeria Siphonaptera Female Ixodidae |
| Zdroj: | Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 35:117-122 |
| ISSN: | 0147-9571 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.11.007 |
| Popis: | Hedgehogs have become a popular pet despite their potential role in zoonotic disease transmission. We conducted an entomological study in a mountainous region of northeast Algeria in which we collected 387 fleas (Archeopsylla erinacei) and 342 ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Haemaphysalis erinacei) from Paraechinus aethiopicus and Atelerix algirus hedgehogs. Of the hedgehogs sampled, 77.7% and 91% were infested with fleas and ticks, respectively. Significantly more ticks and fleas were collected from A. algirus than from P. aethiopicus. Rickettsia felis was detected in 95.5% of fleas and R. massiliae was detected in 6.25% of Rh. sanguineus ticks by molecular tools. A new Rickettsia species of the spotted fever group was detected in 11.25% of Rh. sanguineus and in 77% of H. erinacei ticks. Overall, we show that hedgehogs can act as hosts for ectoparasites infected with several rickettsial agents. These data justify a more detailed investigation of animal reservoirs for Rickettsiae. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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