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- Title
Detection and isolation of tick‐borne bacteria (Anaplasma spp., Rickettsia spp., and Borrelia spp.) in Amblyomma varanense ticks on lizard (Varanus salvator).
- Authors
Supriyono; Takano, Ai; Kuwata, Ryusei; Shimoda, Hiroshi; Hadi, Upik K.; Setiyono, Agus; Agungpriyono, Srihadi; Maeda, Ken
- Abstract
Ticks are one of the arthropods that play an important role in the transmission of numerous pathogens to livestock and humans. We investigated the presence of tick‐borne bacteria in 23 Amblyomma varanense that fed on a water monitor (Varanus salvator) in Indonesia. Anaplasmataceae and borreliae were detected by PCR in 17.4% and 95.7% of ticks, respectively. "Candidatus Rickettsia sepangensis", spotted fever group of Rickettsia, was detected in 21.7% of ticks. The water monitor is a common reptile that is widely encountered in city areas in Asian countries. Our results suggested that Am. varanense on water monitor in Indonesia harbored several kinds of bacteria.
- Subjects
INDONESIA; RICKETTSIA; AMBLYOMMA; ANAPLASMA; TICKS; BORRELIA; BACTERIA; CASTOR bean tick; REPTILES
- Publication
Microbiology & Immunology, 2019, Vol 63, Issue 8, p328
- ISSN
0385-5600
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1348-0421.12721