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1 November 2011 Molecular Detection of Bartonella Species in Ticks from Peru
Sarah A. Billeter, Abraham G. Cáceres, James Gonzales-Hidalgo, Deysi Luna-Caypo, Michael Y. Kosoy
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Abstract

A total of 103 ticks, collected from canines, horses, donkeys, and snakes from Peru, were screened for the presence of Bartonella DNA by polymerase chain reaction analysis. Bartonella DNA was detected in two ticks using Bartonella 16S–23S intergenic spacer region primers and in an additional two ticks using Bartonella NADH dehydrogenase gamma subunit gene (nuoG) primers. Bartonella rochalimae Eremeeva et al., B. quintana Schmincke, and B. elizabethae Daly et al. DNA was detected in a Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille (Acari: Ixodidae) female tick removed from a dog and B. quintana DNA was present in a Dermacentor nitens Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) pool of five larvae, one nymph, and one adult male tick collected from donkeys. This is the first study to report the detection of B. rochalimae, B. quintana, and B. elizabethae DNA in ticks from Peru. Further investigations must be performed to decipher the role ticks may play in the transmission of Bartonella species.

© 2011 Entomological Society of America
Sarah A. Billeter, Abraham G. Cáceres, James Gonzales-Hidalgo, Deysi Luna-Caypo, and Michael Y. Kosoy "Molecular Detection of Bartonella Species in Ticks from Peru," Journal of Medical Entomology 48(6), 1257-1260, (1 November 2011). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME10240
Received: 3 November 2010; Accepted: 1 July 2011; Published: 1 November 2011
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KEYWORDS
Bartonella
Dermacentor
Peru
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
tick
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