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Identification and molecular characterization of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from farm ruminants in Lebanon
IG. Fernández de Mera, V. Blanda, A. Torina, MF. Dabaja, A. El Romeh, A. Cabezas-Cruz, J. de la Fuente,
Language English Country Netherlands
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Farms MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Ixodidae microbiology MeSH
- Horses MeSH
- Goats MeSH
- Horse Diseases epidemiology microbiology MeSH
- Goat Diseases epidemiology microbiology MeSH
- Sheep Diseases epidemiology microbiology MeSH
- Cattle Diseases epidemiology microbiology MeSH
- Sheep MeSH
- Prevalence MeSH
- Rickettsia classification physiology MeSH
- Sequence Analysis, DNA MeSH
- Cattle MeSH
- Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis epidemiology microbiology veterinary MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Cattle MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Lebanon epidemiology MeSH
Tick-borne diseases have become a world health concern, emerging with increasing incidence in recent decades. Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae are tick-borne pathogens recognized as important agents of human tick-borne diseases worldwide. In this study, 88 adult ticks from the species Hyalomma anatolicum, Rhipicephalus annulatus, Rh. bursa, Rh. sanguineus sensu lato, and Rh. turanicus, were collected from farm ruminants in Lebanon, and SFG rickettsiae were molecularly identified and characterized in these ticks. The screening showed a prevalence of 68% for Rickettsia spp., including the species R. aeschlimannii, R. africae, R. massiliae and Candidatus R. barbariae, the latter considered an emerging member of the SFG rickettsiae. These findings contribute to a better knowledge of the distribution of these pathogens and demonstrate that SFG rickettsiae with public health relevance are found in ticks collected in Lebanon, where the widespread distribution of tick vectors and possible livestock animal hosts in contact with humans may favor transmission to humans. Few reports exist for some of the tick species identified here as being infected with SFG Rickettsia. Some of these tick species are proven vectors of the hosted rickettsiae, although this information is unknown for other of these species. Therefore, these results suggested further investigation on the vector competence of the tick species with unknown role in transmission of some of the pathogens identified in this study.
Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia Branišovská 31 37005 České Budějovice Czech Republic
Intituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia Via G Marinuzzi n°3 90129 Palermo Sicily Italy
Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute Lebanon
Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Agriculture Beirut Lebanon
SaBio Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Cinegéticos IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM 13005 Ciudad Real Spain
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