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Molecular Evidence of Bartonella Species in Ixodid Ticks and Domestic Animals in Palestine

Ticks play an important role in disease transmission as vectors for human and animal pathogens, including the Gram-negative pathogen Bartonella. Here, we evaluated the presence of Bartonella in ixodid ticks and domestic animals from Palestine. We tested 633 partly engorged ticks and 139 blood sample...

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Autores principales: Ereqat, Suheir, Nasereddin, Abdelmajeed, Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel, Abdelkader, Ahmad, Al-Jawabreh, Amer, Zaid, Taher, Azmi, Kifaya, Abdeen, Ziad
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4972812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27540374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01217
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author Ereqat, Suheir
Nasereddin, Abdelmajeed
Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel
Abdelkader, Ahmad
Al-Jawabreh, Amer
Zaid, Taher
Azmi, Kifaya
Abdeen, Ziad
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Nasereddin, Abdelmajeed
Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel
Abdelkader, Ahmad
Al-Jawabreh, Amer
Zaid, Taher
Azmi, Kifaya
Abdeen, Ziad
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description Ticks play an important role in disease transmission as vectors for human and animal pathogens, including the Gram-negative pathogen Bartonella. Here, we evaluated the presence of Bartonella in ixodid ticks and domestic animals from Palestine. We tested 633 partly engorged ticks and 139 blood samples from domestic animals (dogs, sheep and camels) for Bartonella using ITS-PCR. Bartonella DNA was detected in 3.9% of the tested ticks. None of the ticks collected from sheep and goats were positive for Bartonella. Seventeen R. sanguineus ticks (17/391; 4.3%) collected from dogs were infected with B. rochalimae (n = 10), B. chomelii (n = 6), and B. koehlerae (n = 1). Four H. dromedarri ticks (4/63; 6.3%) obtained from camels were infected with B. bovis (n = 2) and B. rochalimae (n = 2). Among canine blood samples (n = 110), we found one asymptomatic female dog to be infected with B. rochalimae (0.9%). The detection of zoonotic Bartonella species in this study should raise awareness of these vector-borne diseases among physicians, veterinarians and public health workers and highlight the importance of surveillance and preventive measures in the region.
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spelling pubmed-49728122016-08-18 Molecular Evidence of Bartonella Species in Ixodid Ticks and Domestic Animals in Palestine Ereqat, Suheir Nasereddin, Abdelmajeed Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel Abdelkader, Ahmad Al-Jawabreh, Amer Zaid, Taher Azmi, Kifaya Abdeen, Ziad Front Microbiol Microbiology Ticks play an important role in disease transmission as vectors for human and animal pathogens, including the Gram-negative pathogen Bartonella. Here, we evaluated the presence of Bartonella in ixodid ticks and domestic animals from Palestine. We tested 633 partly engorged ticks and 139 blood samples from domestic animals (dogs, sheep and camels) for Bartonella using ITS-PCR. Bartonella DNA was detected in 3.9% of the tested ticks. None of the ticks collected from sheep and goats were positive for Bartonella. Seventeen R. sanguineus ticks (17/391; 4.3%) collected from dogs were infected with B. rochalimae (n = 10), B. chomelii (n = 6), and B. koehlerae (n = 1). Four H. dromedarri ticks (4/63; 6.3%) obtained from camels were infected with B. bovis (n = 2) and B. rochalimae (n = 2). Among canine blood samples (n = 110), we found one asymptomatic female dog to be infected with B. rochalimae (0.9%). The detection of zoonotic Bartonella species in this study should raise awareness of these vector-borne diseases among physicians, veterinarians and public health workers and highlight the importance of surveillance and preventive measures in the region. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4972812/ /pubmed/27540374 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01217 Text en Copyright © 2016 Ereqat, Nasereddin, Vayssier-Taussat, Abdelkader, Al-Jawabreh, Zaid, Azmi and Abdeen. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Microbiology
Ereqat, Suheir
Nasereddin, Abdelmajeed
Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel
Abdelkader, Ahmad
Al-Jawabreh, Amer
Zaid, Taher
Azmi, Kifaya
Abdeen, Ziad
Molecular Evidence of Bartonella Species in Ixodid Ticks and Domestic Animals in Palestine
title Molecular Evidence of Bartonella Species in Ixodid Ticks and Domestic Animals in Palestine
title_full Molecular Evidence of Bartonella Species in Ixodid Ticks and Domestic Animals in Palestine
title_fullStr Molecular Evidence of Bartonella Species in Ixodid Ticks and Domestic Animals in Palestine
title_full_unstemmed Molecular Evidence of Bartonella Species in Ixodid Ticks and Domestic Animals in Palestine
title_short Molecular Evidence of Bartonella Species in Ixodid Ticks and Domestic Animals in Palestine
title_sort molecular evidence of bartonella species in ixodid ticks and domestic animals in palestine
topic Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4972812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27540374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01217
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