Prevalence of Bacterial Agents in Ixodes persulcatus Ticks from the Vologda Province of Russia

:  The prevalence of rickettsiae, ehrlichiae, and the rickettsia‐like endosymbiont called Montezuma relative to that of Borrelia was determined in questing Ixodes persulcatus ( I. persulcatus) ticks collected in 2002–2003 from Vologda Province, Russia. Ehrlichia muris , Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Mo...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2006-10, Vol.1078 (1), p.291-298
Main Authors: EREMEEVA, MARINA E., OLIVEIRA, ALICE, ROBINSON, JENNILEE B., RIBAKOVA, NINA, TOKAREVICH, NIKOLAY K., DASCH, GREGORY A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaplasma
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Animals
Bacteria
Bacteria - isolation & purification
Base Sequence
Borrelia burgdoreri
Borrelia burgdorferi
Boutonneuse Fever - epidemiology
Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae
coinfection
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification
Ehrlichia - genetics
Ehrlichia - isolation & purification
Ehrlichia muris
Endosymbionts
Geography
Humans
Ixodes - microbiology
Ixodes persulcatus
Ixodidae
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rickettsia
Rickettsia Infections - epidemiology
Rickettsiaceae - genetics
Rickettsiaceae - isolation & purification
Russia - epidemiology
Symbiosis
Vologda
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Summary::  The prevalence of rickettsiae, ehrlichiae, and the rickettsia‐like endosymbiont called Montezuma relative to that of Borrelia was determined in questing Ixodes persulcatus ( I. persulcatus) ticks collected in 2002–2003 from Vologda Province, Russia. Ehrlichia muris , Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Montezuma, and new spotted fever group rickettsiae were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the first time in this area. The rickettsiae were all Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae, the furthest west this organism has been detected. After Borrelia, Montezuma was the agent most frequently detected; it may be present throughout the distribution of I. persulcatus in Russia. Ehrlichiae and rickettsiae frequently share the same tick host with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato so cotransmission and mixed infections in vertebrate hosts, including humans, may occur.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1196/annals.1374.054