Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle and some other domestic and wild hosts on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica

Grech‐Angelini, Sébastien; Stachurski, Frédéric; Lancelot, Renaud; Boissier, Jérôme; Allienne, Jean‐François; Marco, Sylvain; Maestrini, Oscar; Uilenberg, Gerrit

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“…More than three thousand ticks (3,134) from nine species and five genera were collected from May 2014 to May 2015 (Grech‐Angelini, Stachurski, Lancelot, Boissier, Allienne, Marco, et al, ). Almost half of them (1,523) collected from 82 municipalities (Figure ) were analysed to detect DNA or RNA (Table ) of microorganisms pathogenic to humans or animals.…”

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“…Because of the high frequency of Hy. marginatum in Corsica (the second most abundant tick species collected on animal hosts, Grech‐Angelini, Stachurski, Lancelot, Boissier, Allienne, Marco, et al, (), it appears necessary to closely monitor the possible emergence of the CCHF virus. More ticks, mainly Hy.…”

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“…A large-scale tick collection was previously conducted on domestic and a few wild animals in Corsica (Grech-Angelini, Stachurski, Lancelot, Boissier, Allienne, Gharbi, et al, 2016 andGrech-Angelini, Stachurski, Lancelot, Boissier, Allienne, Marco, et al, 2016). Cattle were chosen as the host model because of the extensive, free-ranging livestock farming system, with a low frequency of acaricide treatments.…”

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“…sulcata. All the methodology concerning the tick collection and the identification of ticks is detailed in Grech-Angelini, Stachurski, Lancelot, Boissier, Allienne, Gharbi, et al, (2016) and Grech-Angelini, Stachurski, Lancelot, Boissier, Allienne, Marco, et al, (2016).…”

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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

et al. 2019

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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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Stachurski

Vayssier‐Taussat

et al. 2019

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“…Corsican livestock farming (sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle) is mainly of the extensive type; thus frequent interactions between livestock, wildlife and human populations favour the circulation of ticks and tick‐borne microorganisms (Grech‐Angelini et al . ).…”

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First detection of Ehrlichia minasensis in Hyalomma marginatum ticks collected from cattle in Corsica, France

Cicculli

Masse

Capai

et al. 2019

Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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Ehrlichiosis are severe, feverish tick‐borne illnesses caused by specific species within the genus Ehrlichia (Anaplasmataceae family). Recent data suggest that ruminants in Corsica area reservoir for several Anaplasmataceae species. The purpose of our study was to determine whether Ehrlichia species could be detected in ticks collected in Corsican ruminants by using molecular methods. Ticks were collected in northern Corsica: (i) in May 2016 from sheep bred in one farm located in a 5000‐inhabitants village and (ii) from cattle in June and July 2016 in a slaughterhouse. There sheep and cattle whole skin was inspected and ticks were collected manually. A total of 647 ticks was collected in northern Corsica during this study: 556 (86%) belonged to the Rhipicephalus bursa species and 91 (14%) to Hyalomma marginatum . The 91 H . marginatum ticks were organized in 27 pools, of which one (3.7%) was found positive for the presence of E . minasensis ; this pool consisted of six ticks collected from a cow bred and raised northwestern Corsica. Ehrlichial DNA was not detected in R . bursa ticks. The 16S rRNA and groEL gene sequences of Ehrlichia detected in the H . marginatum pool showed 100% (303/303 bp) and 99.8% (555/556) of nucleotide identity with E . minasensis, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated the highest closeness with E . minasensis UFMG‐EV genotype than to any other E . canis strains. To our knowledge, this is the first report of E . minasensis outside of Brazil, Ethiopia and Canada. This identification of E . minasensis in H . marginatum merits to be further investigated and pleads for translational studies addressing the potential impact of vector‐borne diseases of human and veterinary impact through large‐scale research and surveillance programmes in Corsica.

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Detecting zoonotic and non‐zoonotic pathogens in livestock and their ticks in Corsican wetlands

Defaye

Moutailler

Grech‐Angelini

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Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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Background Corsica is a large French island in the Mediterranean Sea with high human and animal migration rates, especially near wetlands where these migrations are particularly frequent. Among the livestock populations, cattle and sheep are widely present all across the entire Mediterranean region. Trade can be responsible for the circulation of numerous pathogens and their vectors, thereby representing a health and economic threat for the livestock industry. Objectives The objective of our study was to investigate the presence of pathogens in cattle and sheep farms in the wetlands of Corsica using a high‐throughput screening technique. Methods In our study, blood samples and ticks were collected from cattle and sheep in 20 municipalities near Corsican wetlands to screen for the presence of various types of pathogens. The samples were processed using a high‐throughput screening technique based on real‐time microfluidic PCR: 45 pathogens were screened in 47 samples simultaneously. Results A total of 372 cattle and 74 sheep were sampled, and 444 ticks were collected from cattle. Out of the eight tick species detected, the main one was Rhipicephalus bursa (38.7% of the ticks collected). From cattle blood samples, one species and two genera were found: Anaplasma marginale, Trypanosoma sp. and Babesia sp. in respectively 61.5%, 58.3% and 12.2% of the cattle blood samples. From sheep blood samples, 74.3% were positive for Anaplasma sp, 2.7% for Anaplasma ovis and 1.4% for Anaplasma capra. This is the first report of A. ovis DNA in blood samples from sheep in Corsica. Out of 444 the tick samples, 114 were positive: 77.2% for Rickettsia aeschlimannii, 20.2% for Rickettsia sp., 3.5% for Babesia sp. and 1.8% for Anaplasma sp. Among them, 2.7% were co‐infected with R. aeschlimannii and Babesia sp. Conclusions Our results confirm the extent of possible circulation of different pathogens near Corsican wetlands, not only in ticks collected from livestock but also directly in cattle and sheep, with two (Trypanosoma sp. and Babesia sp.) being detected for the first time in cattle, one for the first time in sheep (A. ovis) and one for the first time in Corsica (A. capra)

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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle and some other domestic and wild hosts on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica

Cited by 51 publications

References 23 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

First detection of Ehrlichia minasensis in Hyalomma marginatum ticks collected from cattle in Corsica, France

Detecting zoonotic and non‐zoonotic pathogens in livestock and their ticks in Corsican wetlands

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