A five-year survey of tick species and identification of tick-borne bacteria in Sardinia, Italy

Chisu, Valentina; Foxi, Cipriano; Mannu, Roberto; Satta, Giuseppe; Masala, Giovanna

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.02.008

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“…It causes an infection commonly encountered in cats (cat scratch disease) and potentially in dogs and humans worldwide (Álvarez‐Fernández, Breitschwerdt, & Solano‐Gallego, ). In Sardinia, it was found in at least 0.2% of collected ticks (Chisu, Foxi, Mannu, Satta, & Masala, ).…”

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Tick‐borne pathogens in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from various domestic and wild hosts in Corsica (France), a Mediterranean island environment

Grech‐Angelini

Stachurski

Vayssier‐Taussat

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Corsica is a mountainous French island in the north‐west of the Mediterranean Sea presenting a large diversity of natural environments where many interactions between humans, domestic animals and wild fauna occur. Despite this favourable context, tick‐borne pathogens (TBPs) have not systematically been investigated. In this study, a large number of TBPs were screened in ticks collected over a period of one year from domestic and wild hosts in Corsica. More than 1,500 ticks belonging to nine species and five genera (Rhipicephalus, Hyalomma, Dermacentor, Ixodes and Haemaphysalis) were analysed individually or pooled (by species, gender, host and locality). A real‐time microfluidic PCR was used for high‐throughput screening of TBP DNA. This advanced methodology enabled the simultaneous detection of 29 bacterial and 12 parasitic species (including Borrelia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Bartonella, Candidatus Neoehrlichia, Coxiella, Francisella, Babesia and Theileria). The Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus was investigated individually in tick species known to be vectors or carriers of this virus. In almost half of the tick pools (48%), DNA from at least one pathogen was detected and eleven species of TBPs from six genera were reported. TBPs were found in ticks from all collected hosts and were present in more than 80% of the investigated area. The detection of DNA of certain species confirmed the previous identification of these pathogens in Corsica, such as Rickettsia aeschlimannii (23% of pools), Rickettsia slovaca (5%), Anaplasma marginale (4%) and Theileria equi (0.4%), but most TBP DNA identified had not previously been reported in Corsican ticks. This included Anaplasma phagocytophilum (16%), Rickettsia helvetica (1%), Borrelia afzelii (0.7%), Borrelia miyamotoi (1%), Bartonella henselae (2%), Babesia bigemina (2%) and Babesia ovis (0.5%). The high tick infection rate and the diversity of TBPs reported in this study highlight the probable role of animals as reservoir hosts of zoonotic pathogens and human exposure to TBPs in Corsica.

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Tick‐borne pathogens in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from various domestic and wild hosts in Corsica (France), a Mediterranean island environment

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Vayssier‐Taussat

et al. 2019

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“…II Dog [31] Anaplasma spp. Haemaphysalis punctata Mouflon [32] Ixodes festai Hedgehog [32] Rhipicephalus bursa Mouflon, cattle, fox [32] Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. Cat, fox, goat, marten, mouflon [32] Candidatus Ehrlichia walkerii Ixodes ricinus Dog, goat, human, sheep, vegetation, [12,16,23,33] E. ovina Haemaphysalis punctata Sheep [10] E. canis Cediopsylla inaequalis Fox [9] Dermacentor marginatus Mouflon, wild boar [27,34] Pathogens 2021, 10,…”

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Rickettsiales in Italy

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There is no updated information on the spread of Rickettsiales in Italy. The purpose of our study is to take stock of the situation on Rickettsiales in Italy by focusing attention on the species identified by molecular methods in humans, in bloodsucking arthropods that could potentially attack humans, and in animals, possible hosts of these Rickettsiales. A computerized search without language restriction was conducted using PubMed updated as of December 31, 2020. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology was followed. Overall, 36 species of microorganisms belonging to Rickettsiales were found. The only species identified in human tissues were Anaplasma phagocytophilum,Rickettsia conorii, R. conorii subsp. israelensis, R. monacensis, R. massiliae, and R. slovaca. Microorganisms transmissible by bloodsucking arthropods could cause humans pathologies not yet well characterized. It should become routine to study the pathogens present in ticks that have bitten a man and at the same time that molecular studies for the search for Rickettsiales can be performed routinely in people who have suffered bites from bloodsucking arthropods.

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“…It causes an infection commonly encountered in cats (cat scratch disease) and potentially dogs and humans worldwide (Álvarez-Fernández et al, 2018). In Sardinia, it was found in at least 0.2% of the collected ticks (Chisu et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Tick-borne pathogens in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from various domestic and wild hosts in Corsica (France), a Mediterranean island environment

Grech‐Angelini

Stachurski

Vayssier‐Taussat

et al. 2019

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2 0 2 1 2 2 2 ABSTRACT 2 3Corsica is a touristic mountainous French island in the north-west of the Mediterranean Sea presenting 2 4 a large diversity of natural environments where many interactions between humans, domestic animals 2 5 and wild fauna occur. Despite this favourable context, tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) have not 2 6 systematically been investigated. In this study, a large number of TBPs were screened in ticks 2 7 collected during one year from domestic and wild hosts in Corsica. More than 1,500 ticks belonging 2 8 to nine species and five genera (Rhipicephalus, Hyalomma, Dermacentor, Ixodes and Haemaphysalis) 2 9were analysed individually or pooled (by species, gender, host and locality). A real-time microfluidic 3 0 PCR was used for high-throughput screening of TBPs DNA. This advanced methodology permitted 3 1 the simultaneous detection of 29 bacterial and 12 parasitic species (including Borrelia, Anaplasma,

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A five-year survey of tick species and identification of tick-borne bacteria in Sardinia, Italy

Cited by 30 publications

References 18 publications

Tick‐borne pathogens in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from various domestic and wild hosts in Corsica (France), a Mediterranean island environment

Tick‐borne pathogens in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from various domestic and wild hosts in Corsica (France), a Mediterranean island environment

Rickettsiales in Italy

Tick-borne pathogens in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from various domestic and wild hosts in Corsica (France), a Mediterranean island environment

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