Literature DB >> 23140892

Genetic characterization of Candidatus Rickettsia vini, a new rickettsia amplified in ticks from La Rioja, Spain.

Ana M Palomar1, Aránzazu Portillo, Paula Santibáñez, Sonia Santibáñez, Lara García-Álvarez, José A Oteo.   

Abstract

A total of 222 ticks removed from birds in La Rioja (Spain) were screened for spotted fever group rickettsia species using ompA PCR assays. Rickettsia monacensis (n=1) and R. sibirica (n=1) were detected. Apart from that, 27 out of 29 Ixodes spp. DNA extracts that tested positive for ompA did not match with any validated spotted fever group rickettsia. Multilocus sequence typing for 16S rRNA, gltA, ompB, sca4, and 17-kDa antigen genes was performed, and R. heilongjiangensis was found to be the nearest validly published spotted fever group rickettsia. Based on genetic criteria agreed by experts, this genotype can be classified as a new Candidatus Rickettsia sp. and was named Candidatus Rickettsia vini.
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Year:  2012        PMID: 23140892     DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.025

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ticks Tick Borne Dis        ISSN: 1877-959X            Impact factor:   3.744


  9 in total

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Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2016-02-04       Impact factor: 2.289

2.  Prevalence of 'Candidatus Rickettsia vini' in Ixodes arboricola ticks in the North of Spain, 2011-2013.

Authors:  Ana M Palomar; Aránzazu Portillo; Ariñe Crespo; Sonia Santibáñez; David Mazuelas; José A Oteo
Journal:  Parasit Vectors       Date:  2015-02-19       Impact factor: 3.876

3.  Survey of Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California Reveals a Diversity of Microorganisms and a Novel and Widespread Anaplasmataceae Species.

Authors:  Mark W Eshoo; Heather E Carolan; Christian Massire; Danny M Chou; Chris D Crowder; Megan A Rounds; Curtis A Phillipson; Steven E Schutzer; David J Ecker
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2015-09-16       Impact factor: 3.240

Review 4.  Ixodes ricinus and Its Transmitted Pathogens in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Europe: New Hazards and Relevance for Public Health.

Authors:  Annapaola Rizzoli; Cornelia Silaghi; Anna Obiegala; Ivo Rudolf; Zdeněk Hubálek; Gábor Földvári; Olivier Plantard; Muriel Vayssier-Taussat; Sarah Bonnet; Eva Spitalská; Mária Kazimírová
Journal:  Front Public Health       Date:  2014-12-01

5.  Prevalence and diversity of Rickettsia species in ectoparasites collected from small rodents in Lithuania.

Authors:  Jana Radzijevskaja; Evelina Kaminskienė; Indrė Lipatova; Dalytė Mardosaitė-Busaitienė; Linas Balčiauskas; Michal Stanko; Algimantas Paulauskas
Journal:  Parasit Vectors       Date:  2018-06-28       Impact factor: 3.876

6.  Novel Genotypes of Nidicolous Argas Ticks and Their Associated Microorganisms From Spain.

Authors:  Ana M Palomar; Jesús Veiga; Aránzazu Portillo; Sonia Santibáñez; Radovan Václav; Paula Santibáñez; José A Oteo; Francisco Valera
Journal:  Front Vet Sci       Date:  2021-03-29

7.  'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae.

Authors:  Martina Schrallhammer; Filippo Ferrantini; Claudia Vannini; Stefano Galati; Michael Schweikert; Hans-Dieter Görtz; Franco Verni; Giulio Petroni
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-08-20       Impact factor: 3.240

8.  Rickettsia vini n. sp. (Rickettsiaceae) infecting the tick Ixodes arboricola (Acari: Ixodidae).

Authors:  Marketa Novakova; Francisco B Costa; Frantisek Krause; Ivan Literak; Marcelo B Labruna
Journal:  Parasit Vectors       Date:  2016-08-26       Impact factor: 3.876

9.  Isolation of Candidatus Rickettsia vini from Belgian Ixodes arboricola ticks and propagation in tick cell lines.

Authors:  Alaa M Al-Khafaji; Lesley Bell-Sakyi; Gerardo Fracasso; Lisa Luu; Dieter Heylen; Erik Matthysen; José A Oteo; Ana M Palomar
Journal:  Ticks Tick Borne Dis       Date:  2020-07-10       Impact factor: 3.744

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