The microbiota of hematophagous ectoparasites collected from migratory birds

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 8; p. e0202270
• Main Authors: Cerutti, Francesco, Modesto, Paola, Rizzo, Francesca, Cravero, Alessandra, Jurman, Irena, Costa, Stefano, Giammarino, Mauro, Mandola, Maria Lucia, Goria, Mariella, Radovic, Slobodanka, Cattonaro, Federica, Acutis, Pier Luigi, Peletto, Simone
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27.08.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Anaplasma; Arachnids; Arsenophonus; Arthropoda; Arthropods; Bacteria; Bartonella; Biology and Life Sciences; Bird migration; Birds; Borrelia; Candidatus Midichloria; Communities; Concurrent infection; Control; Coxiellaceae; Disease transmission; Ectoparasites; Endosymbionts; Francisella; Genera; Genetic aspects; Hippoboscidae; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microorganisms; Midichloriaceae; Migratory birds; Molecular diagnostic techniques; Mosquitoes; Parasites; Public health; Ribosomal RNA; Rickettsia; rRNA 16S; Species; Ticks; Tropical diseases; Vectors; Vectors (Biology); Viruses; West Nile virus; Wolbachia; Zika virus; Italy; Europe

Arthropod vectors are responsible for the transmission of human pathogens worldwide. Several arthropod species are bird ectoparasites, however, no study to date has characterized their microbiota as a whole. We sampled hematophagous ectoparasites that feed on migratory birds and performed 16S rRNA g...