Ehrlichial DNA Amplified from Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in France

Philippe Parola; Lorenza Beati; Monique Cambon; Philippe Brouqui; Didier Raoult

doi:10.1093/jmedent/35.2.180

Ehrlichial DNA Amplified from Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in France

Philippe Parola, Lorenza Beati, Monique Cambon, Philippe Brouqui, Didier Raoult

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Abstract

Granulocytic ehrlichia 16S rDNA was amplified for the 1st time from an Ixodes ricinus (Linné) tick collected in Europe. Sequence analysis of polymerase chain reaction products from the 16S rRNA gene demonstrated the organism from which it originated to be closely related to the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, an emerging disease that was recently described in the United States; Ehrlichia phagocytophila, the agent of tick-borne fever of ruminants in Europe; and Ehrlichia equi, the agent of the worldwide equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis. These granulocytic ehrlichiae have been associated with Ixodes spp. ticks that may act as vectors. It remains to be determined if each of these granulocytic ehrlichiae, that may constitute variants of the same species, is responsible for a specific disease in animals and in humans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	180-183
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Medical Entomology
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/35.2.180
State	Published - Mar 1998
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ehrlichia equi
Ehrlichia phagocytophila
France
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis
Ixodes ricinus

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Ehrlichial DNA Amplified from Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in France

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