First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in Hyalomma marginatum ticks.
Ticks are important vectors of zoonotic diseases and play a major role in the circulation and transmission of many rickettsial species. The aim of this study was to investigate the carriage of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae (CRT) in a total of 1168 ticks collected in Inner Mongolia to elucidate...
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| author | Si Su Meng-Yu Cui Zheng Gui Qi-Qi Guo Hong Ren Shi-Fa Ma Lan Mu Jing-Feng Yu Shao-Yin Fu Dong-Dong Qi |
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| description | Ticks are important vectors of zoonotic diseases and play a major role in the circulation and transmission of many rickettsial species. The aim of this study was to investigate the carriage of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae (CRT) in a total of 1168 ticks collected in Inner Mongolia to elucidate the potential public health risk of this pathogen, provide a basis for infectious disease prevention, control and prediction and contribute diagnostic ideas for clinical diseases that present with fever in populations exposed to ticks. A total of four tick species, Haemaphysalis concinna (n = 21), Dermacentor nuttalli (n = 122), Hyalomma marginatum (n = 148), and Ixodes persulcatus (n = 877), were collected at nine sampling sites in Inner Mongolia, China, and identified by morphological and molecular biological methods. Reverse transcription PCR targeting the 16S ribosomal RNA (rrs), gltA, groEL, ompB and Sca4 genes was used to detect CRT DNA. Sequencing was used for pathogen species confirmation. The molecular epidemiological analysis showed that three species of ticks were infected with CRT, and the overall positive rate was as high as 42%. The positive rate of I. persulcatus collected in Hinggan League city was up to 96%, and that of I. persulcatus collected in Hulun Buir city was 50%. The pool positive rates of D. nuttalli and H. marginatum collected in Bayan Nur city and H. concinna collected in Hulun Buir city were 0%, 28% and 40%, respectively. This study revealed the high prevalence of CRT infection in ticks from Inner Mongolia and the first confirmation of CRT detected in H. marginatum in China. The wide host range and high infection rate in Inner Mongolia may dramatically increase the exposure of CRT to humans and other vertebrates. The role of H. marginatum in the transmission of rickettsiosis and its potential risk to public health should be further considered. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4e71fd971bc49aca467db4caca3a2b02024-02-07T05:31:01ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01192e029675710.1371/journal.pone.0296757First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in Hyalomma marginatum ticks.Si SuMeng-Yu CuiZheng GuiQi-Qi GuoHong RenShi-Fa MaLan MuJing-Feng YuShao-Yin FuDong-Dong QiTicks are important vectors of zoonotic diseases and play a major role in the circulation and transmission of many rickettsial species. The aim of this study was to investigate the carriage of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae (CRT) in a total of 1168 ticks collected in Inner Mongolia to elucidate the potential public health risk of this pathogen, provide a basis for infectious disease prevention, control and prediction and contribute diagnostic ideas for clinical diseases that present with fever in populations exposed to ticks. A total of four tick species, Haemaphysalis concinna (n = 21), Dermacentor nuttalli (n = 122), Hyalomma marginatum (n = 148), and Ixodes persulcatus (n = 877), were collected at nine sampling sites in Inner Mongolia, China, and identified by morphological and molecular biological methods. Reverse transcription PCR targeting the 16S ribosomal RNA (rrs), gltA, groEL, ompB and Sca4 genes was used to detect CRT DNA. Sequencing was used for pathogen species confirmation. The molecular epidemiological analysis showed that three species of ticks were infected with CRT, and the overall positive rate was as high as 42%. The positive rate of I. persulcatus collected in Hinggan League city was up to 96%, and that of I. persulcatus collected in Hulun Buir city was 50%. The pool positive rates of D. nuttalli and H. marginatum collected in Bayan Nur city and H. concinna collected in Hulun Buir city were 0%, 28% and 40%, respectively. This study revealed the high prevalence of CRT infection in ticks from Inner Mongolia and the first confirmation of CRT detected in H. marginatum in China. The wide host range and high infection rate in Inner Mongolia may dramatically increase the exposure of CRT to humans and other vertebrates. The role of H. marginatum in the transmission of rickettsiosis and its potential risk to public health should be further considered.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0296757&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Si Su Meng-Yu Cui Zheng Gui Qi-Qi Guo Hong Ren Shi-Fa Ma Lan Mu Jing-Feng Yu Shao-Yin Fu Dong-Dong Qi First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in Hyalomma marginatum ticks. PLoS ONE |
| title | First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in Hyalomma marginatum ticks. |
| title_full | First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in Hyalomma marginatum ticks. |
| title_fullStr | First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in Hyalomma marginatum ticks. |
| title_full_unstemmed | First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in Hyalomma marginatum ticks. |
| title_short | First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae in Hyalomma marginatum ticks. |
| title_sort | first detection of candidatus rickettsia tarasevichiae in hyalomma marginatum ticks |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0296757&type=printable |
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