Detection of tick-borne ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Spain in 2013

BACKGROUND: ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ is a tick-borne bacteria implicated in human health. To date, ‘Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ has been described in different countries from Africa, Asia and Europe, but never in Spain. However, according to the epidemiological features of the main vect...

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Autores principales: Palomar, Ana M, García-Álvarez, Lara, Santibáñez, Sonia, Portillo, Aránzazu, Oteo, José A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24484637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-57
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author Palomar, Ana M
García-Álvarez, Lara
Santibáñez, Sonia
Portillo, Aránzazu
Oteo, José A
author_facet Palomar, Ana M
García-Álvarez, Lara
Santibáñez, Sonia
Portillo, Aránzazu
Oteo, José A
author_sort Palomar, Ana M
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description BACKGROUND: ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ is a tick-borne bacteria implicated in human health. To date, ‘Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ has been described in different countries from Africa, Asia and Europe, but never in Spain. However, according to the epidemiological features of the main vector in Europe, Ixodes ricinus, its circulation in our country was suspected. METHODS: A total of 200 I. ricinus ticks collected in the North of Spain were analyzed. DNAs were extracted and used as templates for PCRs targeting fragment genes for Anaplasma/Ehrlichia detection. The amplified products were sequenced and analyzed. RESULTS: ‘Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ was amplified in two specimens. Furthermore, Anaplasma phagocytophilum was detected in 61 samples analyzed. CONCLUSIONS: The detection of ‘Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ in I. ricinus ticks from Spain indicates its circulation and the potential risk of contracting a human infection in this country.
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spelling pubmed-39123512014-02-05 Detection of tick-borne ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Spain in 2013 Palomar, Ana M García-Álvarez, Lara Santibáñez, Sonia Portillo, Aránzazu Oteo, José A Parasit Vectors Research BACKGROUND: ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ is a tick-borne bacteria implicated in human health. To date, ‘Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ has been described in different countries from Africa, Asia and Europe, but never in Spain. However, according to the epidemiological features of the main vector in Europe, Ixodes ricinus, its circulation in our country was suspected. METHODS: A total of 200 I. ricinus ticks collected in the North of Spain were analyzed. DNAs were extracted and used as templates for PCRs targeting fragment genes for Anaplasma/Ehrlichia detection. The amplified products were sequenced and analyzed. RESULTS: ‘Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ was amplified in two specimens. Furthermore, Anaplasma phagocytophilum was detected in 61 samples analyzed. CONCLUSIONS: The detection of ‘Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ in I. ricinus ticks from Spain indicates its circulation and the potential risk of contracting a human infection in this country. BioMed Central 2014-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3912351/ /pubmed/24484637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-57 Text en Copyright © 2014 Palomar et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Palomar, Ana M
García-Álvarez, Lara
Santibáñez, Sonia
Portillo, Aránzazu
Oteo, José A
Detection of tick-borne ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Spain in 2013
title Detection of tick-borne ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Spain in 2013
title_full Detection of tick-borne ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Spain in 2013
title_fullStr Detection of tick-borne ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Spain in 2013
title_full_unstemmed Detection of tick-borne ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Spain in 2013
title_short Detection of tick-borne ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Spain in 2013
title_sort detection of tick-borne ‘candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis’ and anaplasma phagocytophilum in spain in 2013
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24484637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-57
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