Molecular detection of Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup organisms in larvae of Neotrombicula autumnalis (Acari: Trombiculidae) captured in Spain.

نویسندگان

  • P Fernández-Soto
  • R Pérez-Sánchez
  • A Encinas-Grandes
چکیده

Twenty unfed larvae of Neotrombicula autumnalis (Acari: Trombiculidae) collected on vegetation in the north of Spain were examined by polymerase chain reaction for Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.). rickettsiae, and the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup. At least 10% of the larvae were found to contain granulocytic ehrlichiae. Because the larvae were unfed, they would necessarily have inherited the bacteria through a transovarian transmission pathway.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of parasitology

دوره 87 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001