Detection of Rickettsia amblyommatis and Rickettsia bellii in ticks collected from pet dogs in peri-urban and rural areas in Yucatan, Mexico.
Exp Appl Acarol
; 90(3-4): 441-453, 2023 Aug.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37498401
ABSTRACT
Rickettsia species are bacteria that may cause multiple diseases in animals and humans, via transmission through multiple arthropod vectors. Routine surveillance of Rickettsia spp. within vectors is critical to determine their presence and risk to mammalian hosts within human populations. Therefore, to better characterize the circulating Rickettsia species in an understudied region we targeted pet dogs to survey. Ticks were collected from pet dogs in three populations of the Yucatan where we tested for the presence of Rickettsia spp. by PCR in metagenomic DNA. In these ticks removed from pet dogs we detected Rickettsia amblyommatis and Rickettsia bellii in Amblyomma auriculatum, Amblyomma ovale and Amblyomma mixtum ticks obtained in a rural community in the Mexican state of Yucatan. This is the first report detecting both species for this state in Mexico, underpinning the importance of more routine surveillance.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rickettsia
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Ticks
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Ixodidae
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
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Mexico
Language:
En
Journal:
Exp Appl Acarol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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PARASITOLOGIA
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
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