Tick-borne rickettsial pathogens in questing ticks, removed from humans and animals in Mexico
Journal of Veterinary Science
;
: 353-360, 2016.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-148733
ABSTRACT
Tick-borne rickettsial diseases (TBRD) are commonly encountered in medical and veterinary clinical settings. The control of these diseases is difficult, requiring disruption of a complex transmission chain involving a vertebrate host and ticks. The geographical distribution of the diseases is related to distribution of the vector, which is an indicator of risk for the population. A total of 1,107 ticks were collected by tick dragging from forests, ecotourism parks and hosts at 101 sites in 22 of the 32 states of Mexico. Collected ticks were placed in 1.5 mL cryovials containing 70% ethanol and were identified to species. Ticks were pooled according to location/host of collection, date of collection, sex, and stage of development. A total of 51 ticks were assayed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to confirm species identification using morphological methods. A total of 477 pools of ticks were assayed using PCR techniques for selected tick-borne pathogens. Anaplasma phagocytophilum was the most commonly detected pathogen (45 pools), followed by, Ehrlichia (E.) canis (42), Rickettsia (R.) rickettsii (11), E. chaffeensis (8), and R. amblyommii (1). Rhipicephalus sanguineus was the tick most frequently positive for selected pathogens. Overall, our results indicate that potential tick vectors positive for rickettsial pathogens are distributed throughout the area surveyed in Mexico.
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WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Rickettsia
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Carrapatos
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Vertebrados
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Florestas
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum
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Ehrlichia canis
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus
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Etanol
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
México
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of Veterinary Science
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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