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Dissemination of Spotted Fever Rickettsia Agents in Europe by Migrating Birds
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- Elfving, Karin (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Klinisk bakteriologi,Department of Clinical Microbiology, Falu Hospital, Falun, Sweden
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- Olsen, Björn (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för naturvetenskap, NV,Uppsala University Hospital,Infektionssjukdomar
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- Bergström, Sven (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Medicinska fakulteten),Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
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- Waldenström, Jonas (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för naturvetenskap, NV,Uppsala University Hospital,Infektionssjukdomar
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- Lundkvist, Åke (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Sjöstedt, Anders, 1957- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Klinisk bakteriologi,Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Clinical Mic0robiology, Umeå University Hospital
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- Mejlon, Hans (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Evolutionsmuseet
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- Nilsson, Kenneth (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Klinisk bakteriologi,Infektionssjukdomar
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- 2010-01-05
- 2010
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: PLOS ONE. - : Public Library of Science. - 1932-6203. ; 5:1
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Abstract
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- Migratory birds are known to play a role as long-distance vectors for many microorganisms. To investigate whether this is true of rickettsial agents as well, we characterized tick infestation and gathered ticks from 13,260 migratory passerine birds in Sweden. A total of 1127 Ixodes spp. ticks were removed from these birds and the extracted DNA from 957 of them was available for analyses. The DNA was assayed for detection of Rickettsia spp. using real-time PCR, followed by DNA sequencing for species identification. Rickettsia spp. organisms were detected in 108 (11.3%) of the ticks. Rickettsia helvetica, a spotted fever rickettsia associated with human infections, was predominant among the PCR-positive samples. In 9 (0.8%) of the ticks, the partial sequences of 17kDa and ompB genes showed the greatest similarity to Rickettsia monacensis, an etiologic agent of Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness, previously described in southern Europe as well as to the Rickettsia sp. IrITA3 strain. For 15 (1.4%) of the ticks, the 17kDa, ompB, gltA and ompA genes showed the greatest similarity to Rickettsia sp. strain Davousti, Rickettsia japonica and Rickettsia heilongjiangensis, all closely phylogenetically related, the former previously found in Amblyomma tholloni ticks in Africa and previously not detected in Ixodes spp. ticks. The infestation prevalence of ticks infected with rickettsial organisms was four times higher among ground foraging birds than among other bird species, but the two groups were equally competent in transmitting Rickettsia species. The birds did not seem to serve as reservoir hosts for Rickettsia spp., but in one case it seems likely that the bird was rickettsiemic and that the ticks had acquired the bacteria from the blood of the bird. In conclusion, migratory passerine birds host epidemiologically important vector ticks and Rickettsia species and contribute to the geographic distribution of spotted fever rickettsial agents and their diseases.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinsk bioteknologi -- Medicinsk bioteknologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Medical Biotechnology -- Medical Biotechnology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Virology
- Virologi
- Microbiology
- Mikrobiologi
- Zoonotisk ekologi
- Zoonotic Ecology
- Mikrobiologi
- Microbiology
- Virology
- Virologi
- Ixodes
- Microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases
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