Molecular identification of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two species of wild mammals in Madre de Dios: Peru

OBJECTIVE: To study the presence of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two wild mammals in Madre de Dios, Peru. RESULTS: A total of 110 ticks were collected. Among the 43 Amblyomma spp. extracted from the 3 Tapirus terrestris only 3 were positive for B. bacilliformis. In addition, 12 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: del Valle-Mendoza, Juana, Rojas-Jaimes, Jesús, Vásquez-Achaya, Fernando, Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel, Correa-Nuñez, Germán, Silva-Caso, Wilmer, Lescano, Andrés G., Song, Xiuping, Liu, Qiyong, Li, Dongmei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6019227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29941013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3518-z
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To study the presence of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two wild mammals in Madre de Dios, Peru. RESULTS: A total of 110 ticks were collected. Among the 43 Amblyomma spp. extracted from the 3 Tapirus terrestris only 3 were positive for B. bacilliformis. In addition, 12 out of the 67 Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus obtained from the 3 Pecari tajacu were positive for B. bacilliformis. For the first time B. bacilliformis have been detected in arthropods other than Lutzomyia spp. Further studies are required to elucidate the possible role of ticks in the spread of South American Bartonellosis.

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