Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from wild animals in Israel

Keysary, A; Eremeeva, ME; Leitner, M; Din, AB; Wikswo, ME; Mumcuoglu, KY; Inbar, M; Wallach, AD; Shanas, U; King, R; Waner, T

Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from wild animals in Israel

Keysary, A Eremeeva, ME Leitner, M Din, AB Wikswo, ME Mumcuoglu, KY Inbar, M Wallach, AD

Shanas, U King, R Waner, T

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Citation:: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, 85 (5), pp. 919 - 923
Issue Date:: 2011-11-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Keysary, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Eremeeva, ME	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leitner, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Din, AB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wikswo, ME	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mumcuoglu, KY	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Inbar, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wallach, AD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-3887	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shanas, U	en_US
dc.contributor.author	King, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Waner, T	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, 85 (5), pp. 919 - 923	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0002-9637	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/115969
dc.description.abstract	We report molecular evidence for the presence of spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) in ticks collected from roe deer, addax, red foxes, and wild boars in Israel. Rickettsia aeschlimannii was detected in Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma detritum while Rickettsia massiliae was present in Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks. Furthermore, a novel uncultured SFGR was detected in Haemaphysalis adleri and Haemaphysalis parva ticks from golden jackals. The pathogenicity of the novel SFGR for humans is unknown; however, the presence of multiple SFGR agents should be considered when serological surveillance data from Israel are interpreted because of significant antigenic cross-reactivity among Rickettsia. The epidemiology and ecology of SFGR in Israel appear to be more complicated than was previously believed. Copyright © 2011 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0623	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Tropical Medicine	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals, Wild	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Antelopes	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Deer	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sus scrofa	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Foxes	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Jackals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Ticks	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Rickettsiaceae	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Rickettsiaceae Infections	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	DNA, Bacterial	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeny	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Israel	en_US
dc.title	Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from wild animals in Israel	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	85	en_US
utslib.for	0605 Microbiology	en_US
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	85	en_US

Abstract:

We report molecular evidence for the presence of spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) in ticks collected from roe deer, addax, red foxes, and wild boars in Israel. Rickettsia aeschlimannii was detected in Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma detritum while Rickettsia massiliae was present in Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks. Furthermore, a novel uncultured SFGR was detected in Haemaphysalis adleri and Haemaphysalis parva ticks from golden jackals. The pathogenicity of the novel SFGR for humans is unknown; however, the presence of multiple SFGR agents should be considered when serological surveillance data from Israel are interpreted because of significant antigenic cross-reactivity among Rickettsia. The epidemiology and ecology of SFGR in Israel appear to be more complicated than was previously believed. Copyright © 2011 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

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