Molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii in Ixodes loricatus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks associated with rodents from Buenos Aires province, Argentina
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Published:2020-12-28
Issue:4
Volume:79
Page:51-55
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ISSN:1851-7471
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Container-title:Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina
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language:
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Short-container-title:Rev. Soc. Entomol. Arg.
Author:
Melis Mauricio E.,Sebastian Patrick S.,Balcazar Darío E.,Lareschi Marcela,Nava Santiago
Abstract
The aim of this study was the detection of Rickettsia in ticks of sigmodontine rodents from Northeastern Buenos Aires province, Argentina. A total of 222 rodents were captured collecting 10 ticks identified as Ixodes loricatus Neumann, which were analysed by the real-time PCR and conventional PCR techniques. DNA of Rickettsia bellii was detected in nymphs obtained from the rodents Akodon azarae Fischer, Oxymycterus rufus Fischer and Deltamys kempi Thomas. This is the first report of R. bellii infecting I. loricatus in Argentina and the first report of this bacterium associated with ticks of sigmodontine rodents
Publisher
Sociedad Entomologica Argentina
Subject
Insect Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
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