Bacterial community in Haemaphysalis ticks of domesticated animals from the Orang Asli communities in Malaysia

• Published in: Ticks and tick-borne diseases Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 929 - 937
• Main Authors: Khoo, Jing-Jing, Chen, Fezshin, Kho, Kai Ling, Ahmad Shanizza, Azzy Iyzati, Lim, Fang-Shiang, Tan, Kim-Kee, Chang, Li-Yen, AbuBakar, Sazaly
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Anaplasma; Anaplasma - genetics; Anaplasma - isolation & purification; Animals; Animals, Domestic; Bacillus (bacteria); Bacillus - genetics; Bacillus - isolation & purification; bacteria; Bacteria - isolation & purification; bacterial communities; cats; Cats - parasitology; Chickens - parasitology; Coxiella; Coxiella - genetics; Coxiella - isolation & purification; disease transmission; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Dogs - parasitology; domestic animals; Ehrlichia; Ehrlichia - genetics; Ehrlichia - isolation & purification; endosymbionts; fever; Haemaphysalis; human diseases; humans; indigenous peoples; infectious diseases; Ixodidae - microbiology; Malaysia; Malaysia - epidemiology; microbiome; Microbiota; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium - genetics; Mycobacterium - isolation & purification; pathogens; Phylogeny; physiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas - genetics; Pseudomonas - isolation & purification; ribosomal RNA; Rickettsia - genetics; Rickettsia - isolation & purification; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsiella; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sphingomonas; Sphingomonas - genetics; Sphingomonas - isolation & purification; surveys; Tick Infestations - epidemiology; Tick Infestations - veterinary; tick-borne diseases; ticks; villages; Wolbachia; Malaysia; Coxiella endosymbiont; Malaysia; Orang asli; Microbiome

Ticks are vectors in the transmission of many important infectious diseases in human and animals. Ticks can be readily found in the semi-forested areas such as the settlements of the indigenous people in Malaysia, the Orang Asli. There is still minimal information available on the bacterial agents a...