Identification of Bartonellae in the soft tick species Ornithodoros sonrai in Senegal

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Oleg MediannikovDidier Raoult

Abstract

Ticks, belonging to the soft ticks species Ornithodorus sonrai, have been collected from six sites in Senegal and were tested for the presence of Bartonella spp. Initial screening by PCR revealed the presence of these bacteria in ticks from two villages, Soulkhou Thissé (5/8, 62.5%) and Maka Gouye (1/24, 4.2%). Three bacterial strains were isolated from live ticks, and the genetic characterization of these strains suggests that they belong to two previously unknown species. The pathogenicity of these two new species of Bartonella is not yet known. The new isolates described here are the first strains of Bartonella spp. from soft ticks and the first isolates from any arthropod species in Africa.

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Mar 11, 2015·New Microbes and New Infections·O MediannikovD Raoult
Sep 18, 2014·Microbial Pathogenesis·O Mediannikov, F Fenollar
Jun 16, 2016·Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases·Bernard DavoustOleg Mediannikov
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Jan 31, 2017·Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases·Mustapha DahmaniOleg Mediannikov

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
AF312495
BX897699
EU111758
JF766264
CP001562

Methods Mentioned

BETA
PCR
transmission electron microscopy

Software Mentioned

TOPALi
MrBayes
IDEPATH
BLAST

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