Rickettsiae and Borrelia burgdorferi in ixodid ticks
Autor: | C J Holland, Theodore G. Andreadis, Kirby C. Stafford, Louis A. Magnarelli |
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Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Male Nymph Ehrlichia canis Spirochaetaceae Biology Rickettsiaceae Birds Peromyscus Ticks Borrelia burgdorferi Group parasitic diseases Animals Humans Borrelia burgdorferi Rickettsia Dermacentor variabilis Deer Sciuridae biology.organism_classification bacterial infections and mycoses Virology Marmota Female Rickettsiales Ixodidae Research Article |
Zdroj: | Journal of clinical microbiology. 29(12) |
ISSN: | 0095-1137 |
Popis: | Nymphs and adults of hard-bodied ticks were collected in Connecticut and tested by direct and indirect immunofluorescence staining methods for rickettsiae and Borrelia burgdorferi. Of the 609 Ixodes dammini ticks examined, 59 (9.7%) harbored rickettsialike microorganisms in hemocytes (blood cells). These bacteria reacted with fluorescein-conjugated antiserum to Ehrlichia canis, the etiologic agent of with fluorescein-conjugated antiserum to Ehrlichia canis, the etiologic agent of canine ehrlichiosis. Prevalence of infection ranged from 6.8 to 12.7% for males and females, respectively. Although the specific identities of the hemocytic rickettsialike organisms are unknown, they share antigens with ehrlichiae. Electron microscopy revealed rickettsiae in ovarian tissues of I. dammini that also had infected hemocytes. Rickettsialike organisms were also observed in the hemocytes of 5 (6.9%) of 73 Dermacentor variabilis ticks. In analyses for B. burgdorferi, 146 (23.7%) of 617 I. dammini ticks harbored these spirochetes in midguts. Hemocytic rickettsialike microorganisms coexisted with B. burgdorferi in 36 (6.7%) of the 537 nymphs and adults of I. dammini examined. I. dammini, with its broad host range, has the potential to acquire multiple microorganisms. |
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