High Prevalence of Rickettsia raoultii Found in Dermacentor Ticks Collected in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Western Siberia

The prevalence of the tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsioses pathogens in ticks collected in Barnaul, the administrative center of Altai Krai, Western Siberia, was studied. The causative agent of tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA) was revealed to be present in 61.9% of the samples from ticks....

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Published inPathogens (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 7; p. 914
Main Authors Rakov, Alexey V, Chekanova, Tatiana A, Petremgvdlishvili, Ketevan, Timonin, Andrey V, Valdokhina, Anna V, Shirokostup, Sergey V, Lukyanenko, Natalia V, Akimkin, Vasiliy G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 06.07.2023
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Subjects
Arachnids
Communication
Dermacentor
Fever
Genes
Genetic testing
Genomes
Lymphadenopathy
Maximum likelihood method
Morphology
phylogenetic analysis
Proteins
Rickettsia raoultii
Russia
spotted fever group Rickettsia
Ticks
Typhus
Vegetation
Kazakhstan
Germany
Siberia
Russia
spotted fever group Rickettsia
phylogenetic analysis
ticks
Russia
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Summary:The prevalence of the tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsioses pathogens in ticks collected in Barnaul, the administrative center of Altai Krai, Western Siberia, was studied. The causative agent of tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA) was revealed to be present in 61.9% of the samples from ticks. Moreover, has been identified in 5.1% of ticks.
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ISSN:2076-0817
2076-0817
DOI:10.3390/pathogens12070914