Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks in Turkey

ORKUN Ö., Karaer Z., ÇAKMAK A., Nalbantoglu S.

TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.213-218, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.11.018
  • Dergi Adı: TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.213-218
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Spotted fever group rickettsiae, Ticks, Turkey, Molecular detection, Phylogenetic analysis, PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS, SP-NOV., HUMANS, RAOULTII, DISEASES
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

One hundred twenty-six ticks belonging to 12 tick species were collected from humans, domestic and wild animals, and from the ground as unfed (questing ticks) from distinct localities in Turkey in 2011. Ticks were individually tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Rickettsia spp., amplifying citrate synthase (gItA), and outer membrane protein (ompA) genes. Twenty-five ticks (19.8%) were found to be infected with Rickettsia species. Five SFG rickettsiae were identified, including 4 pathogens: Ri. aeschlimannii in Hyalomma marginatum, Hy. aegyptium, Hyalomma sp. (nymph), and Rhipicephalus turanicus; africae in Hy. excavatum, Hy. aegyptium, and Hyalomma sp. (nymph); Ri. slovaca and Ri. raoultii in Dermacentor marginatus; and one species with unknown pathogenicity, Ri. hoogstraalii, in Haemaphysalis parva. Rickettsia siovaca and Ri. hoogstraalii were reported for the first time from Turkey. In addition, Ri. hoogstraalii and Ri. africae were detected for the first time in Ha. parva and Hy. excavatum ticks, respectively. (C) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.