Title
Molecular detection of Bartonella species in ticks from Peru
Date Issued
01 November 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Billeter S.A.
Gonzales-Hidalgo J.
Luna-Caypo D.
Kosoy M.Y.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
A total of 103 ticks, collected from canines, horses, donkeys, and snakes from Peru, were screened for the presence of Bartonella DNA by polymerase chain reaction analysis. Bartonella DNA was detected in two ticks using Bartonella 16S-23S intergenic spacer region primers and in an additional two ticks using Bartonella NADH dehydrogenase gamma subunit gene (nuoG) primers. Bartonella rochalimae Eremeeva et al., B. quintana Schmincke, and B. elizabethae Daly et al. DNA was detected in a Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille (Acari: Ixodidae) female tick removed from a dog and B. quintana DNA was present in a Dermacentor nitens Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) pool of five larvae, one nymph, and one adult male tick collected from donkeys. This is the first study to report the detection of B. rochalimae, B. quintana, and B. elizabethae DNA in ticks from Peru. Further investigations must be performed to decipher the role ticks may play in the transmission of Bartonella species. © 2011 Entomological Society of America.
Start page
1257
End page
1260
Volume
48
Issue
6
Language
English
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-82055164259
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Medical Entomology
ISSN of the container
00222585
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