TY - JOUR
T1 - Rickettsial agents in avian ixodid ticks in northeast Brazil
AU - Lugarini, Camile
AU - Martins, Thiago Fernandes
AU - Ogrzewalska, Maria
AU - de Vasconcelos, Nathália Costa Teixeira
AU - Ellis, Vincenzo A.
AU - de Oliveira, Jaqueline Bianque
AU - Pinter, Adriano
AU - Labruna, Marcelo B.
AU - Silva, Jean Carlos Ramos
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Birds are important in the maintenance and spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases. In this context we screened birds in the Atlantic forest north of the São Francisco River and Caatinga in northeast Brazil. In the Atlantic forest Amblyomma longirostre, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma varium and Amblyomma auricularium were identified. A. longirostre was infected by ". Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii" and A. nodosum by a Rickettsia parkeri-like agent. In Caatinga, Amblyomma parvum and A. auricularium were identified. A. auricularium was infected by ". Ca. R. amblyommii" and Rickettsia bellii. ". Canditatus Rickettsia andenae" was also identified in A. parvum collected from birds in Caatinga. In addition, Rickettsia sp. genotype AL was identified in A. varium collected on the clothes of the field team in one area of Atlantic forest. Here we provide a series of new host records for several Neotropical Amblyomma species and document rickettsial infections of ". Ca. R. amblyomii" and a R. parkeri-like agent in Paraíba State, and R. bellii and ". Ca. R. andenae" in Bahia State. For the first time we provide information regarding the infection of A. varium by ". Ca. R. amblyommii".
AB - Birds are important in the maintenance and spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases. In this context we screened birds in the Atlantic forest north of the São Francisco River and Caatinga in northeast Brazil. In the Atlantic forest Amblyomma longirostre, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma varium and Amblyomma auricularium were identified. A. longirostre was infected by ". Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii" and A. nodosum by a Rickettsia parkeri-like agent. In Caatinga, Amblyomma parvum and A. auricularium were identified. A. auricularium was infected by ". Ca. R. amblyommii" and Rickettsia bellii. ". Canditatus Rickettsia andenae" was also identified in A. parvum collected from birds in Caatinga. In addition, Rickettsia sp. genotype AL was identified in A. varium collected on the clothes of the field team in one area of Atlantic forest. Here we provide a series of new host records for several Neotropical Amblyomma species and document rickettsial infections of ". Ca. R. amblyomii" and a R. parkeri-like agent in Paraíba State, and R. bellii and ". Ca. R. andenae" in Bahia State. For the first time we provide information regarding the infection of A. varium by ". Ca. R. amblyommii".
KW - Amblyomma
KW - Atlantic forest
KW - Caatinga
KW - Rickettsia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928207843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.02.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.02.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 25800099
AN - SCOPUS:84928207843
SN - 1877-959X
VL - 6
SP - 364
EP - 375
JO - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
JF - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
IS - 3
ER -