First detection of “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii” in Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) from Argentina
The aim of this study was to assess the presence of Rickettsia in soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) collected from insectivorous bats (Chiroptera) in Santa Fe province, Argentina. First, a subset of ticks were mounted in Hoyer’s medium to be determined by morphological characters and then confirmed by s...
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| author | Colombo, Valeria Carolina Montani, Maria Eugenia Pave, Romina Elizabeth Antoniazzi, Leandro Raúl Gamboa, Marcelo D. Fasano, Agustín Alfonso Félix, Maria L. Nava, Santiago Venzal, José Manuel |
| author_browse | Antoniazzi, Leandro Raúl Colombo, Valeria Carolina Fasano, Agustín Alfonso Félix, Maria L. Gamboa, Marcelo D. Montani, Maria Eugenia Nava, Santiago Pave, Romina Elizabeth Venzal, José Manuel |
| author_facet | Colombo, Valeria Carolina Montani, Maria Eugenia Pave, Romina Elizabeth Antoniazzi, Leandro Raúl Gamboa, Marcelo D. Fasano, Agustín Alfonso Félix, Maria L. Nava, Santiago Venzal, José Manuel |
| author_sort | Colombo, Valeria Carolina |
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| description | The aim of this study was to assess the presence of Rickettsia in soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) collected from insectivorous bats (Chiroptera) in Santa Fe province, Argentina. First, a subset of ticks were mounted in Hoyer’s medium to be determined by morphological characters and then confirmed by sequencing the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. Also ticks were processed by PCR assays using primers CS-78 and CS-323, which amplify a fragment of the Rickettsia spp. gltA gene. Positive ticks were subjected to a second PCR round with primers Rr190.70p and Rr190.701n of the spotted fever group rickettsiae ompA gene. A phylogenetic analysis was performed with Maximum-likelihood method, and the best fitting substitution models were determined with the Akaike Information Criterion. Five bats of the species Eptesicus diminutus Osgood, 1915, Eptesicus furinalis (d’Orbigny and Gervais, 1847), Eptesicus spp. (Vespertilionidae), and Molossops temminckii Burmeister, 1854 (Molossidae) were parasitized with Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) larvae. One E. diminutus ticks’ tested positive to “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii”, a spotted fever group rickettsiae. The association O. hasei –“Ca. R. wissemanii” detected in this study represents the first evidence of a Rickettsia in Ornithodoros ticks in Argentina and the third report of this association in America. Also, this finding constitutes the first record of “Ca. R. wissemanii” in Argentina. Finally, we found for the first time the insectivorous bats E. diminutus and E. furinalis parasitized with O. hasei larvae. These findings add two new hosts and a new location, the southernmost recorded to date, for O. hasei. |
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| spelling | INTA73902025-09-24T13:47:52Z First detection of “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii” in Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) from Argentina Colombo, Valeria Carolina Montani, Maria Eugenia Pave, Romina Elizabeth Antoniazzi, Leandro Raúl Gamboa, Marcelo D. Fasano, Agustín Alfonso Félix, Maria L. Nava, Santiago Venzal, José Manuel Rickettsia Identificación Ornithodoros Chiroptera Argentina Identification Garrapatas Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii Ornithodoros hasei Murciélagos Bats The aim of this study was to assess the presence of Rickettsia in soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) collected from insectivorous bats (Chiroptera) in Santa Fe province, Argentina. First, a subset of ticks were mounted in Hoyer’s medium to be determined by morphological characters and then confirmed by sequencing the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. Also ticks were processed by PCR assays using primers CS-78 and CS-323, which amplify a fragment of the Rickettsia spp. gltA gene. Positive ticks were subjected to a second PCR round with primers Rr190.70p and Rr190.701n of the spotted fever group rickettsiae ompA gene. A phylogenetic analysis was performed with Maximum-likelihood method, and the best fitting substitution models were determined with the Akaike Information Criterion. Five bats of the species Eptesicus diminutus Osgood, 1915, Eptesicus furinalis (d’Orbigny and Gervais, 1847), Eptesicus spp. (Vespertilionidae), and Molossops temminckii Burmeister, 1854 (Molossidae) were parasitized with Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) larvae. One E. diminutus ticks’ tested positive to “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii”, a spotted fever group rickettsiae. The association O. hasei –“Ca. R. wissemanii” detected in this study represents the first evidence of a Rickettsia in Ornithodoros ticks in Argentina and the third report of this association in America. Also, this finding constitutes the first record of “Ca. R. wissemanii” in Argentina. Finally, we found for the first time the insectivorous bats E. diminutus and E. furinalis parasitized with O. hasei larvae. These findings add two new hosts and a new location, the southernmost recorded to date, for O. hasei. EEA Rafaela Fil: Colombo, Valeria Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - CONICET - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades; Argentina Fil: Montani, Maria Eugenia. Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Dr. Ángel Gallardo” (Santa Fé); Argentina. Programa de Conservación de los Murciélagos de Argentina (PCMA)/Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina (PIDBA); Argentina Fil: Pavé, Romina Elizabeth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto Nacional de Limnología. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto Nacional de Limnología; Argentina Fil: Antoniazzi, Leandro Raúl. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - CONICET - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades; Argentina Fil: Gamboa, Marcelo D. Programa de Conservación de los Murciélagos de Argentina (PCMA)/Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina (PIDBA); Argentina Fil: Fasano, Agustín A. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - CONICET - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades; Argentina Fil: Félix, Maria L. Universidad de la República. CENUR Litoral Norte-Salto. Facultad de Veterinaria. Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas; Uruguay Fil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Regional Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Venzal, José Manuel. Universidad de la República. CENUR Litoral Norte-Salto. Facultad de Veterinaria. Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas; Uruguay 2020-06-10T14:16:56Z 2020-06-10T14:16:56Z 2020-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7390 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X1930439X 1877-959X 1877-9603 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101442 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 11 (4) : 101442 (July 2020) |
| spellingShingle | Rickettsia Identificación Ornithodoros Chiroptera Argentina Identification Garrapatas Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii Ornithodoros hasei Murciélagos Bats Colombo, Valeria Carolina Montani, Maria Eugenia Pave, Romina Elizabeth Antoniazzi, Leandro Raúl Gamboa, Marcelo D. Fasano, Agustín Alfonso Félix, Maria L. Nava, Santiago Venzal, José Manuel First detection of “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii” in Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) from Argentina |
| title | First detection of “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii” in Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) from Argentina |
| title_full | First detection of “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii” in Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) from Argentina |
| title_fullStr | First detection of “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii” in Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) from Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | First detection of “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii” in Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) from Argentina |
| title_short | First detection of “Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii” in Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) from Argentina |
| title_sort | first detection of candidatus rickettsia wissemanii in ornithodoros hasei schulze 1935 acari argasidae from argentina |
| topic | Rickettsia Identificación Ornithodoros Chiroptera Argentina Identification Garrapatas Candidatus Rickettsia wissemanii Ornithodoros hasei Murciélagos Bats |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7390 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X1930439X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101442 |
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