Microfluidic PCR and network analysis reveals complex tick-borne pathogen interactions in the tropics

• Published in: Parasites & vectors Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 5
• Main Authors: Díaz-Corona, Cristian, Roblejo-Arias, Lisset, Piloto-Sardiñas, Elianne, Díaz-Sánchez, Adrian A., Foucault-Simonin, Angélique, Galon, Clemence, Wu-Chuang, Alejandra, Mateos-Hernández, Lourdes, Zając, Zbigniew, Kulisz, Joanna, Wozniak, Aneta, Castro-Montes de Oca, María Karla, Lobo-Rivero, Evelyn, Obregón, Dasiel, Moutailler, Sara, Corona-González, Belkis, Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.01.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acids; Analysis; Anaplasma platys; Arachnids; Blood; cross-sectional studies; Cuba; disease surveillance; DNA; DNA sequences; DNA sequencing; Dogs; Ectoparasites; Ehrlichia canis; Genetic analysis; Genetic diversity; Genetic testing; Genetic variation; Health aspects; hemoparasites; Hepatozoon canis; Life Sciences; Microfluidics; Network analysis; Nucleic acids; Nucleotide sequence; Parasites; Parasitic diseases; Pathogens; PCR; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction; Protozoa; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Real time; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Risk factors; Samples; Sequence analysis; Species; Taxa; Taxonomy; Thermal cycling; Tick-borne diseases; Ticks; Tropical environments; Vectors; Cuba; San Francisco California; St Louis Missouri; United States > US; Germany; Cuba; Ticks Ixodidae; Rhipicephalus sanguineus sl; Real-time PCR; Tick-borne pathogens; Tick-borne diseases

Ixodid ticks, particularly Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l., are important vectors of various disease-causing agents in dogs and humans in Cuba. However, our understading of interactions among tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) in infected dogs or the vector R. sanguineus s.l. remains limited. This study inte...