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@article{1413279,
author = {Nováková, Markéta and Heneberg, Petr and Heylen, Dieter J.A. and Medvecký, Matej and MunozandLeal, Sebastián and Šmajs, David and Literak, Ivan},
article_location = {Jena},
article_number = {3},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.12.018},
keywords = {Coevolution; Hard ticks; Passeriform birds; Rickettsia; Soft ticks; Spotted fever group},
language = {eng},
issn = {1877-959X},
journal = {Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases},
title = {Isolated populations of Ixodes lividus ticks in the Czech Republic and Belgium host genetically homogeneous Rickettsia vini},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X17303308?via%3Dihub},
volume = {9},
year = {2018}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1413279
AU - Nováková, Markéta - Heneberg, Petr - Heylen, Dieter J.A. - Medvecký, Matej - Munoz-Leal, Sebastián - Šmajs, David - Literak, Ivan
PY - 2018
TI - Isolated populations of Ixodes lividus ticks in the Czech Republic and Belgium host genetically homogeneous Rickettsia vini
JF - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
VL - 9
IS - 3
SP - 479-484
EP - 479-484
PB - Elsevier GmbH
SN - 1877959X
KW - Coevolution
KW - Hard ticks
KW - Passeriform birds
KW - Rickettsia
KW - Soft ticks
KW - Spotted fever group
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X17303308?via%3Dihub
L2 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X17303308?via%3Dihub
N2 - In the last two decades, the advent of molecular methods has revealed a remarkable diversity of rickettsiae (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in invertebrates. Several species of these obligate intracellular bacteria are known to cause human infections, hence more attention has been directed towards human-biting ectoparasites. A spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. was previously detected in Ixodes lividus ticks (Ixodidae) associated with sand martins (Hirundinidae: Riparia riparia). In order to identify whether this rickettsia varies among isolated tick populations, a total of 1758 I. lividus ticks and five Ixodes ricinus ticks (Ixodidae) were collected in the Czech Republic and 148 I. lividus ticks were collected in Belgium, from nests of sand martins, European bee-eaters (Meropidae: Merops apiaster), Eurasian tree sparrows (Passeridae: Passer montanus), and from captured sand martins. We screened 165 and 78 I. lividus ticks (from the Czech Republic and Belgium, respectively) and all five I. ricinus ticks for the presence of rickettsial DNA. Only I. lividus samples were positive for Rickettsia vini, a spotted fever group rickettsia that commonly infects the tree-hole tick Ixodes arboricola (Ixodidae). Maximum likelihood analysis of the rickettsial sequences showed that the most closely related organism to R. vini corresponds to an uncharacterized rickettsia detected in Argas lagenoplastis (Argasidae), a nidicolous soft tick of the fairy martin (Hirundinidae: Petrochelidon ariel) in Australia. The observed variability of R. vini sequences from isolated tick populations was low; all 85 sequenced samples were identical to each other in five out of six partial rickettsial genes, except for the sca4 sequence (99.9% identity, 808/809 nt) that differed in I. lividus ticks from two sampling sites in the Czech Republic.
ER -
NOVÁKOVÁ, Markéta, Petr HENEBERG, Dieter J.A. HEYLEN, Matej MEDVECKÝ, Sebastián MUNOZ-LEAL, David ŠMAJS and Ivan LITERAK. Isolated populations of Ixodes lividus ticks in the Czech Republic and Belgium host genetically homogeneous Rickettsia vini. \textit{Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases}. Jena: Elsevier GmbH, 2018, vol.~9, No~3, p.~479-484. ISSN~1877-959X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.12.018.
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