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Detection of Coxiella burnetii and Francisella tularensis in Tissues of Wild-living Animals and in Ticks of North-west Poland

This work presents results of the research on the occurrence of Coxiella burnetii and Francisella tularensis in the tissues of wild-living animals and ticks collected from Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The real-time PCR testing for the pathogens comprised 928 samples of animal interna...

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Autores principales: BIELAWSKA-DRÓZD, AGATA, CIEŚLIK, PIOTR, ŻAKOWSKA, DOROTA, GŁOWACKA, PATRYCJA, WLIZŁO-SKOWRONEK, BOŻENA, ZIĘBA, PRZEMYSŁAW, ZDUN, ARKADIUSZ
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Exeley Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7256700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30550240
http://dx.doi.org/10.21307/pjm-2018-059
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Sumario:This work presents results of the research on the occurrence of Coxiella burnetii and Francisella tularensis in the tissues of wild-living animals and ticks collected from Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The real-time PCR testing for the pathogens comprised 928 samples of animal internal organs and 1551 ticks. The presence of C. burnetii was detected in 3% of wild-living animals and in 0.45–3.45% (dependent on collection areas) of ticks. The genetic sequences of F. tularensis were present in 0.49 % of ticks (only in one location – Drawa) and were not detected in animal tissues. The results indicate respectively low proportion of animals and ticks infected with C. burnetii and F. tularensis.