Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks, Morocco |
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| Authors: | Sarih Mhammed Socolovschi Cristina Boudebouch Najma Hassar Mohammed Raoult Didier Parola Philippe |
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| Institution: | *Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco;†World Health Organization Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod Borne Bacterial Diseases, Marseille, France;1These authors contributed equally to this article. |
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| Abstract: | A total of 370 ticks, encompassing 7 species from 4 genera, were collected during 2002-2006 from domestic animals and vegetation in the Taza region of northeastern Morocco. Rickettsial DNA was identified in 101 ticks (27%) by sequencing PCR products of fragments of the citrate synthase and outer membrane protein genes of Rickettsia spp. Seven rickettsiae of the spotted fever group were identified, including 4 pathogens: R. aeschlimannii in Hyalomma marginatum marginatum, R. massiliae in Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus, and R. monacensis in Ixodes ricinus. Two suspected pathogens were also detected (R. raoultii in D. marginatus and R. helvetica in I. ricinus). An incompletely described Rickettsia sp. was detected in Haemaphysalis spp. ticks. |
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| Keywords: | Ticks Morocco rickettsia spotted fever research |
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