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Molecular identification of Borrelia and SFG Rickettsia spp. in hard ticks parasitizing domestic and wild animals in southeastern Spain

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2024-01-17
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Ortega Hernández, Nieves ; Arcenillas Hernández, Irene ; Villa. M.I. ; González, M.D. ; Caro Vergara, María Rosa
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Facultad de Veterinaria
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Springer Nature
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Sanidad Animal
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-023-10292-x
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Estudio realizado en la Región de Murcia (sureste de España), en un contexto semiárido, con recogida de 463 garrapatas durante primavera (marzo–abril) y otoño (septiembre–octubre) de 2022
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Lyme disease and the spotted fever group rickettsiosis, involve bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia and Rickettsia, respectively. These infections are the most important tick-borne zoonotic diseases involving ticks as vectors. Descriptive and epidemiological studies are essential to determine the animal hosts involved in the maintenance of these diseases. In the present study, 94 tick pool samples from 15 different host species located in the Region of Murcia (southeastern, Spain) were analysed. Ticks were morphologically identified as: Dermacentor marginatus, Hyalomma lusitanicum, Ixodes Ricinus, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Our results showed that 5.3% of the tick pool samples carried Borrelia spp. DNA, and 20.2% carried SFG Rickettsia DNA. In every hard tick pool Spot Fever Group (SFG) Rickettsia spp. DNA were detected, except for H. lusitanicum. Likewise, D. marginatum was the only species in which Borrelia spp. DNA was not detected. Barbary sheep and wild boar were the host species in which tick pools showed DNA presence of both pathogens. This study increases the knowledge about the presence of Borrelia spp. DNA and SFG Rickettsia spp. DNA in different hard tick species from this geographical area.
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Mediterranean basin , Emerging Disease , One health , Ixodidae
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Ortega, N., Arcenillas-Hernández, I., Villa, M. I., González, M. D., & Caro, M. R. (2024). Molecular identification of Borrelia and SFG Rickettsia spp. in hard ticks parasitizing domestic and wild animals in southeastern Spain. Veterinary Research Communications 48, 1785–1790 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-023-10292-x
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http://hdl.handle.net/10201/197849
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