Molecular Detection ofEhrlichia phagocytophilaGenogroup Organisms in Larvae ofNeotrombicula autumnalis(Acari: Trombiculidae) Captured in Spain
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Parasitologists in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 87 (6) , 1482-1483
- https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1482:mdoepg]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Twenty unfed larvae of Neotrombicula autumnalis (Acari: Trombiculidae) collected on vegetation in the north of Spain were examined by polymerase chain reaction for Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.). rickettsiae, and the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup. At least 10% of the larvae were found to contain granulocytic ehrlichiae. Because the larvae were unfed, they would necessarily have inherited the bacteria through a transovarian transmission pathway.Keywords
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