TY - GEN
T1 - Prevalence of bacterial agents in Ixodes persulcatus ticks from the Vologda Province of Russia
AU - Eremeeva, Marina E.
AU - Oliveira, Alice
AU - Robinson, Jennilee B.
AU - Ribakova, Nina
AU - Tokarevich, Nikolay K.
AU - Dasch, Gregory A.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - The prevalence of rickettsiae, ehrlichiae, and the rickettsia-like endosymbiont called Montezuma relative to that of Borrelia was determined in questing Ixodes persulcatus (I. persulcatus) ticks collected in 2002-2003 from Vologda Province, Russia. Ehrlichia muris, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Montezuma, and new spotted fever group rickettsiae were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the first time in this area. The rickettsiae were all Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae, the furthest west this organism has been detected. After Borrelia, Montezuma was the agent most frequently detected; it may be present throughout the distribution of I. persulcatus in Russia. Ehrlichiae and rickettsiae frequently share the same tick host with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato so cotransmission and mixed infections in vertebrate hosts, including humans, may occur.
AB - The prevalence of rickettsiae, ehrlichiae, and the rickettsia-like endosymbiont called Montezuma relative to that of Borrelia was determined in questing Ixodes persulcatus (I. persulcatus) ticks collected in 2002-2003 from Vologda Province, Russia. Ehrlichia muris, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Montezuma, and new spotted fever group rickettsiae were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the first time in this area. The rickettsiae were all Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae, the furthest west this organism has been detected. After Borrelia, Montezuma was the agent most frequently detected; it may be present throughout the distribution of I. persulcatus in Russia. Ehrlichiae and rickettsiae frequently share the same tick host with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato so cotransmission and mixed infections in vertebrate hosts, including humans, may occur.
KW - Anaplasma
KW - Borrelia burgdoreri
KW - Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae
KW - Coinfection
KW - Ehrlichia muris
KW - Ixodes persulcatus
KW - Vologda
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33845691829&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1196/annals.1374.054
DO - 10.1196/annals.1374.054
M3 - Conference article
C2 - 17114724
AN - SCOPUS:33845691829
SN - 1573316393
SN - 9781573316392
T3 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
SP - 291
EP - 298
BT - Century of Rickettsiology; Emerging, Reemerging Rickettsioses, Molecular Diagnostics. amd Emerging Veterinary Rickettsioses
PB - Blackwell Publishing Inc.
ER -