Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia
Introduction: Ixodes tropicalis is a little-known tick species reported parasitizing wild rodents only in Colombia and Perú. Objective: To report a case of I. tropicalis infesting a human in the south of the metropolitan area of the Valle de Aburrá, Antioquia, Colombia, and to report the molecular d...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1119bf2d52ae428e8245bfb4ae8d8652 2023-05-15T15:06:40+02:00 Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia Juan Carlos Quintero María L. Félix José M. Venzal Santiago Nava 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5464 https://doaj.org/article/1119bf2d52ae428e8245bfb4ae8d8652 EN ES eng spa Instituto Nacional de Salud https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/5464 https://doaj.org/toc/0120-4157 0120-4157 doi:10.7705/biomedica.5464 https://doaj.org/article/1119bf2d52ae428e8245bfb4ae8d8652 Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 41, Iss 2, Pp 347-352 (2021) ixodes rickettsia bacteria disease vectors Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5464 2022-12-30T23:46:06Z Introduction: Ixodes tropicalis is a little-known tick species reported parasitizing wild rodents only in Colombia and Perú. Objective: To report a case of I. tropicalis infesting a human in the south of the metropolitan area of the Valle de Aburrá, Antioquia, Colombia, and to report the molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii in this species. Materials and methods: The tick was identified using a morphological key and sequencing of tick mitochondrial 16S rRNA. Additionally, bacterial and protozoa pathogens were evaluated using PCR for the detection of Rickettsia spp., family Anaplasmataceae, Borrelia spp., and piroplasmid. Results: We identified the tick as an I. tropicalis female according to Kohls, 1956, description and to partial 16S rRNA sequences showing a minimum of 5% divergencies compared to Ixodes sequences. We also detected the gltA gene of R. bellii in the tick with 99.87% of identity. Conclusion: This is the first report in Colombia of a species of the Ixodes genus parasitizing a human and the first report of the detection of R. bellii in this tick species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Biomédica 41 2 347 352 |
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Introduction: Ixodes tropicalis is a little-known tick species reported parasitizing wild rodents only in Colombia and Perú. Objective: To report a case of I. tropicalis infesting a human in the south of the metropolitan area of the Valle de Aburrá, Antioquia, Colombia, and to report the molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii in this species. Materials and methods: The tick was identified using a morphological key and sequencing of tick mitochondrial 16S rRNA. Additionally, bacterial and protozoa pathogens were evaluated using PCR for the detection of Rickettsia spp., family Anaplasmataceae, Borrelia spp., and piroplasmid. Results: We identified the tick as an I. tropicalis female according to Kohls, 1956, description and to partial 16S rRNA sequences showing a minimum of 5% divergencies compared to Ixodes sequences. We also detected the gltA gene of R. bellii in the tick with 99.87% of identity. Conclusion: This is the first report in Colombia of a species of the Ixodes genus parasitizing a human and the first report of the detection of R. bellii in this tick species. |
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Juan Carlos Quintero María L. Félix José M. Venzal Santiago Nava |
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Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia |
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Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia |
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Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia |
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Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia |
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Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia |
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ixodes tropicalis (acari: ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of rickettsia bellii, colombia |
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