Genetic Diversity and Coexistence of Babesia in Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Northeastern China
Human babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks in China. A few systematic reports on spp. was involved with ticks, especially in the human babesiosis endemic areas in Northeastern China. Ticks were collected from 30 individual waypoints along 2.0 km transects in two recreation...
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Published in | Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 20; no. 11; p. 817 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
United States
01.11.2020
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Summary: | Human babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks in China. A few systematic reports on
spp. was involved with ticks, especially in the human babesiosis endemic areas in Northeastern China.
Ticks were collected from 30 individual waypoints along 2.0 km transects in two recreational forests.
spp. infection in ticks was screened by amplifying the partial 18s rRNA gene with subsequent sequencing. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association between tick infection and related environmental risk factors. Cluster analyses were performed using SaTScan v6.0 software to identify any geographical cluster of infected ticks.
A total of 2380
and 461
ticks were collected. Of the 0.97% of
ticks that tested positive, five
species were identified, including
(
= 6)
(
= 2)
(
= 3),
(
= 11), and one novel strain HLJ-8. Thirteen (2.92%)
ticks tested positive for
(
= 1),
(
= 1), three genetic variants of
represented by HLJ-874, which was closely related to
sp.MA#361-1, and eight other
variants represented by HLJ242, which were similar to
. Each study site had 5-6 different
spp. One waypoint was more likely to yield
(relative risk = 15.36,
= 0.045) than all other waypoints.
There exists a high genetic diversity of
spp. across a relatively small sampled region. Further study is needed to understand the risks these variants pose to human health. |
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ISSN: | 1557-7759 |
DOI: | 10.1089/vbz.2020.2635 |