High prevalence of “Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii” in Amblyomma ticks from a Spotted Fever Endemic Region in North Argentina

Mastropaolo, Mariano; Tarragona, Evelina Luisa; Nava, Santiago; Pfister, Kurt; Thiel, Claudia; Silaghi, Cornelia

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

Fecha

2016

Registro en:

0147-9571 (Print)

1878-1667 (Online)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2016.05.001

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1139

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0147957116300376

https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/6204583

Autor

Mastropaolo, Mariano

Tarragona, Evelina Luisa

Nava, Santiago

Pfister, Kurt

Thiel, Claudia

Silaghi, Cornelia

Institución

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (Argentina)

Resumen

Ticks from an endemic Spotted Fever region in Argentina were analysed by PCR for Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae. DNA of “Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii” was found in 21.3% of Amblyomma hadanii and in 44.0% of A. neumanni. Amblyomma sculptum (formerly A. cajennense) and Haemaphysalis juxtakochi were negative for rickettsial DNA. DNA of Rickettsia rickettsii, the etiological agent of the clinical cases reported within the studied region was not detected in the analysed sample.

Materias

Rickettsia

Amblyomma

Metastigmata

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