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- Title
Prevalence of Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus Ticks Removed from Wild Boar ( Sus scrofa) in Northeastern Spain.
- Authors
ORTUÑO, A.; QUESADA, M.; LÓPEZ, S.; MIRET, J.; CARDEÑOSA, N.; CASTELLÀ, J.; ANTON, E.; SEGURA, F.
- Abstract
Rickettsia slovaca, the causative agent of TIBOLA, is transmitted by Dermacentor ticks. Dermacentor marginatus is the most widely species distributed in northeasler Spain, and the wild boar constitutes the main host. D. marginatus ticks were collected from hunterkilled wild boar and were tested by PCR/RFLP. Rickettsial DNA–positive ticks were sequenced using the ompA PCR primers. The prevalence of R. slovaca in D. marginatus ticks was 17.7%. Other spotted fever group rickettsiae were detected in ticks, but these were not definitely identified.
- Subjects
CATALONIA (Spain); RICKETTSIAL diseases in animals; DERMACENTOR; WILD boar; TICK-borne diseases in animals; DIAGNOSTIC use of polymerase chain reaction; DISEASE vectors
- Publication
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006, Vol 1078, Issue 1, p324
- ISSN
0077-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1196/annals.1374.061