Bacteria of the genera Ehrlichia and Rickettsia in ticks of the family Ixodidae with medical importance in Argentina
| Autor: | Evelina Luisa Tarragona, Patrick Stephan Sebastian, María Noelia Saracho Bottero, Ute Mackenstedt, Santiago Nava, Atilio J. Mangold |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Entomology RICKETTSIA Ixodidae Medical entomology 030106 microbiology 030231 tropical medicine Argentina Ehrlichia Zoology Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Animals Rickettsia Phylogeny ARGENTINA Ecology Ciencias Veterinarias General Medicine biology.organism_classification EHRLICHIA FAMILY IXODIDAE Animal ecology CIENCIAS AGRÍCOLAS Insect Science IXODIDAE Bacteria |
| Zdroj: | Experimentalapplied acarology. 71(1) |
| ISSN: | 1572-9702 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to get an overview about the occurrence of bacteria from the genus Ehrlichia and Rickettsia in ixodid ticks with medical importance in Argentina. Therefore, in 2013 and 2014, free-living ticks were collected in different provinces of northern Argentina. These ticks were determined as Amblyomma sculptum, Amblyomma neumanni, Amblyomma parvum, Amblyomma triste, Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma tonelliae and Haemaphysalis juxtakochi. All samples were tested to determine the infection with Ehrlichia spp. and Rickettsia spp. by PCR assays. Rickettsial DNA was detected in all tested tick species, with the exception of A. tonelliae. ‘Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii’, ‘Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae’, and Rickettsia parkeri were found in A. neumanni, A. parvum, and A. triste, respectively. Another rickettsial species, Rickettsia bellii, was found in A. sculptum, A. ovale and H. juxtakochi. None of the tested ticks showed infection with Ehrlichia. The results of the study demonstrate that Rickettsia species belonging to the spotted fever group are associated with various species of Amblyomma throughout a wide area of northern Argentina, where cases of Amblyomma ticks biting humans are common. Fil: Sebastian, Patrick Stephan. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Santa Fe. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Universidad de Hohenheim; Alemania Fil: Tarragona, Evelina Luisa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Santa Fe. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: Saracho Bottero, María Noelia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Santa Fe. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: Mangold, Atilio Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Santa Fe. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: Mackenstedt, Ute. Universidad de Hohenheim; Alemania Fil: Nava, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Santa Fe. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina |
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