Possible Association between Selected Tick-Borne Pathogen Prevalence and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato Infestation in Dogs from Juarez City (Chihuahua), Northwest Mexico–US Border

Autor: Diana M. Beristain-Ruiz, Javier A. Garza-Hernández, Julio V. Figueroa-Millán, José J. Lira-Amaya, Andrés Quezada-Casasola, Susana Ordoñez-López, Stephanie Viridiana Laredo-Tiscareño, Beatriz Alvarado-Robles, Oliver R. Castillo-Luna, Adriana Floriano-López, Luis M. Hernández-Triana, Francisco Martínez-Ibáñez, Ramón Rivera-Barreno, Carlos A. Rodríguez-Alarcón
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Pathogens, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 552 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-0817
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11050552
Popis: Tick-borne bacterial pathogens (TBBPs) show a worldwide distribution and represent a great impact on public health. The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is a vector of several pathogens that affect dogs and sometimes humans as well. In addition, TBBPs represent a diagnostic challenge and imply financial resources and medical treatment for long periods of time. In the present study, R. sanguineus s. l. was identified as the main tick species naturally parasitizing dogs that inhabit. Juárez City, Chihuahua, in the Paso del Norte region, Mexico–US Border, representing 99.8% of the cases. Additionally, an end-point PCR was performed to search for whether pathogens in R. sanguineus s. l. can transmit in DNA extracted from ticks and dog blood samples. This is the first molecular detection of Rickettsia rickettsi infecting domestic dogs in Mexico; however, other pathogens were also identified, such as Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma platys in both ticks and dog blood samples, while Anaplasma phagocytophilum was identified only in dog blood samples. Moreover, co-detection in tick pools and co-infection in the analyzed dog blood samples could be found. Similarly, this research showed that dogs were found mostly parasitized by adult female ticks, increasing the possibility of transmission of E. canis.
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