Prevalence of Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus Ticks Removed from Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Northeastern Spain
- 31 October 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 1078 (1) , 324-327
- https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1374.061
Abstract
Rickettsia slovaca, the causative agent of TIBOLA, is transmitted by Dermacentor ticks. Dermacentor marginatus is the most widely species distributed in northeasler Spain, and the wild boar constitutes the main host. D. marginatus ticks were collected from hunterkilled wild boar and were tested by PCR/RFLP. Rickettsial DNA–positive ticks were sequenced using the ompA PCR primers. The prevalence of R. slovaca in D. marginatus ticks was 17.7%. Other spotted fever group rickettsiae were detected in ticks, but these were not definitely identified.Keywords
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