| Content Provider |
World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
| Author |
Palomar, A. M. Portillo, A. Santibáñez, P. Mazuelas, D. Roncero, L. García-Álvarez, L. Santibáñez, S. Gutiérrez, Ó. Oteo, J. A. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Spain |
| Description |
Country affiliation: Spain Author Affiliation: Palomar AM ( Centre of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.); Portillo A ( Centre of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.); Santibáñez P ( Centre of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.); Mazuelas D ( Abies, Environment Resources, Inc., Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.); Roncero L ( Abies, Environment Resources, Inc., Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.); García-Álvarez L ( Centre of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.); Santibáñez S ( Centre of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.); Gutiérrez Ó ( Aranzadi Society of Sciences, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain.); Oteo JA ( Centre of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.) |
| Abstract |
The genus Anaplasma (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) includes species of medical and veterinary importance. The presence of Anaplasma spp. in ticks from birds, as well as in Haemaphysalis punctata (Ixodida: Ixodidae) specimens collected from cattle and vegetation in northern Spain was investigated. A total of 336 ticks from birds [174 Ixodes frontalis (Ixodida: Ixodidae), 108 H. punctata, 34 Hyalomma marginatum (Ixodida: Ixodidae), 17 Ixodes ricinus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) and three Ixodes spp.], and 181 H. punctata specimens collected from cattle (n = 71) and vegetation (n = 110) were analysed. Anaplasma bovis was detected in five H. punctata, including two from birds (1.9%) and three from vegetation (2.7%). Four I. frontalis (2.3%) (one co-infected with 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii') and one I. ricinus (5.9%) removed from birds, as well as four H. punctata (5.6%) collected from cattle showed Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection. In addition, Anaplasma centrale was found in two H. punctata, one from a cow (1.4%) and the other from vegetation (0.9%). This study represents the first evidence of the presence of A. bovis in European ticks, and reports the first detection of A. bovis and A. centrale in H. punctata, and the first finding of A. phagocytophilum and 'Ca. Midichloria mitochondrii' in I. frontalis. |
| File Format |
HTM / HTML |
| ISSN |
0269283X |
| Issue Number |
3 |
| Volume Number |
29 |
| e-ISSN |
13652915 |
| Journal |
Medical and Veterinary Entomology |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publisher Date |
2015-09-01 |
| Publisher Place |
Great Britain (UK) |
| Access Restriction |
One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword |
Discipline Veterinary Medicine Discipline Zoology Anaplasma Physiology Bird Diseases Epidemiology Cattle Diseases Ixodidae Microbiology Tick-borne Diseases Anaplasma Centrale Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Anaplasmosis Animals Cattle Ehrlichiosis Female Ixodes Growth & Development Larva Male Nymph Spain Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
| Subject |
Veterinary Parasitology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Insect Science |
