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RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS IN TICKS FROM REPTILES, BIRDS AND HUMANS IN HONDURAS
Novakova, Marketa et al. | Date Issued: 2015
Author
Novakova, Marketa
Literak, Ivan
Chevez, Luis
Martins, Thiago F.
Ogrzewalska, Maria
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Affilliation
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno. Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases. Brno, Czech Republic / University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno. CEITEC VFU. Brno, Czech Republic.
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno. Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases. Brno, Czech Republic / University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno. CEITEC VFU. Brno, Czech Republic.
Bay Islands Foundation. Iguana Station. Utila, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras.
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal. São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal. São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Abstract
Ticks were collected from captive reptiles, wild birds, and incidentally from humans at two locations in Honduras and part of these were tested for the presence of Rickettsia using polymerase chain reaction. The following species of ticks were found: Amblyomma dissimile on Iguanidae reptiles, Amblyomma longirostre and Amblyomma nodosum on birds, and Amblyomma mixtum (Amblyomma cajennense complex) on humans. A. dissimile was infected with Rickettsia sp. strain Colombianensi. Both A. longirostre and A. mixtum were infected with Candidatus ‘Rickettsia amblyommii’. This study provides the first report of rickettsial infections in ticks from reptiles, birds and humans in Honduras. New host – Amblyomma tick associations are documented.
Keywords in Portuguese
Répteis
Aves
Carrapatos
Rickettsia
Honduras
Amblyomma
Infecções por Rickettsiaceae
 
Keywords
Reptiles
Birds
Ticks
Amblyomma
Rickettsia
Honduras
 
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
NOVAKOVA, Marketa; et al. Rickettsial infections in ticks from reptiles, birds and humans in Honduras. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. v.6, n.6, p.737-742, Sept. 2015.
DOI
10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.009
ISSN
1877-959X