Occurrence of Coxiella burnetii, Ehrlichia canis, Rickettsia species and Anaplasma phagocytophilum-like bacterium in ticks collected from dogs and cats in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

 
 
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Title Occurrence of Coxiella burnetii, Ehrlichia canis, Rickettsia species and Anaplasma phagocytophilum-like bacterium in ticks collected from dogs and cats in South Africa
 
Creator Mtshali, Khethiwe Nakao, Ryo Sugimoto, Chihiro Thekisoe, Oriel
 
Subject veterinary parasitology coxiella burnetii; anaplasma phagocytophilum; ehrlichia canis; ricketssia; borrelia burgdorferi; ticks
Description Ticks are major vectors of arthropod-borne infections and transmit a wide variety of zoonotic pathogens. This study was conducted mainly to determine the occurrence of canine tick-borne bacterial and rickettsial pathogens especially those with zoonotic potential. We examined 276 Rhipicephalus sanguineus, 38 Haemaphysalis elliptica and 4 Amblyomma hebraeum ticks from 90 dogs and 4 cats from the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, North West and Mpumalanga provinces. DNA of Coxiella burnetii (41%), Ehrlichia or Anaplasma (18%), Rickettsia spp. (37%), Anaplasma phagocytophilum-like bacterium (18%) and Ehrlichia canis (19%) was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from a total of 147 pooled DNA samples. All samples were negative for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA. Ehrlichia canis was detected in samples from all the provinces except the North West; A. phagocytophilum was absent in KwaZulu-Natal samples, whereas Rickettsia species and C. burnetii were detected in all sampled provinces. The PCRpositive samples were confirmed by direct sequencing of the product. Data from this study calls for a joint effort by both veterinary and medical sectors to conduct epidemiological studies of the zoonotic pathogens in both animals and humans.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor National Research Foundation (NRF) Incentive Grant for Rated Researchers and Monbusho-Global Surveillance of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Date 2017-05-19
 
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Identifier 10.4102/jsava.v88i0.1390
 
Source Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 88 (2017); 6 pages 2224-9435 1019-9128
 
Language eng
 
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