Epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in Argentina
In this work, we analyze data that support an epidemiological link between cases of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto as vector in an endemic area for this tick in Argentina. In a blood sample of a 1-year-old toy poodle...
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| author | Sebastian, Patrick Stephan Mera y Sierra, Roberto Neira, Gisela Hadid, Jaled Flores, Fernando Sebastian Nava, Santiago |
| author_browse | Flores, Fernando Sebastian Hadid, Jaled Mera y Sierra, Roberto Nava, Santiago Neira, Gisela Sebastian, Patrick Stephan |
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| description | In this work, we analyze data that support an epidemiological link between cases of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto as vector in an endemic area for this tick in Argentina. In a blood sample of a 1-year-old toy poodle with CME compatible clinical signs, which showed CME typical morulae in monocytes in Giemsa-stained blood smear, DNA of E. canis was detected by PCR. Further, DNA of E. canis was also detected in a female of R. sanguineus s.s. collected on the infected dog. Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.s. is the only member of the R. sanguineus group that prevails in the study area. The results of this study suggest that R. sanguineus s.s. may play a more important role in the transmission of E. canis than it was assumed so far. The epidemiological link between CME cases and R. sanguineus s.s. as vector in temperate areas of Argentina described in this work contrast previous studies which found that R. sanguineus sensu lato “tropical lineage” (which is absent in the study area) is competent to transmit E. canis but not R. sanguineus s.s. |
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| spelling | INTA88672024-02-22T10:54:27Z Epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in Argentina Sebastian, Patrick Stephan Mera y Sierra, Roberto Neira, Gisela Hadid, Jaled Flores, Fernando Sebastian Nava, Santiago Ehrlichia canis Rhipicephalus sanguineus Perro Epidemiología Argentina Dogs Epidemiology Garrapatas Ticks In this work, we analyze data that support an epidemiological link between cases of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto as vector in an endemic area for this tick in Argentina. In a blood sample of a 1-year-old toy poodle with CME compatible clinical signs, which showed CME typical morulae in monocytes in Giemsa-stained blood smear, DNA of E. canis was detected by PCR. Further, DNA of E. canis was also detected in a female of R. sanguineus s.s. collected on the infected dog. Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.s. is the only member of the R. sanguineus group that prevails in the study area. The results of this study suggest that R. sanguineus s.s. may play a more important role in the transmission of E. canis than it was assumed so far. The epidemiological link between CME cases and R. sanguineus s.s. as vector in temperate areas of Argentina described in this work contrast previous studies which found that R. sanguineus sensu lato “tropical lineage” (which is absent in the study area) is competent to transmit E. canis but not R. sanguineus s.s. EEA Rafaela Fil: Sebastian, Patrick Stephan. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Mera y Sierra, Roberto. Universidad Juan Agustín Maza. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Ambientales. Centro de Investigación en Parasitología Regional (CIPAR); Argentina. Laboratorio Mera; Argentina Fil: Neira, Gisela. Universidad Juan Agustín Maza. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Ambientales. Centro de Investigación en Parasitología Regional (CIPAR); Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Hadid, Jaled. Veterinaria San Ignacio (Mendoza); Argentina Fil: Flores, Fernando S. 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: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2021-03-11T14:16:18Z 2021-03-11T14:16:18Z 2021-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8867 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-020-07005-7 0932-0113 1432-1955 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-07005-7 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Parasitology Research 120 : 725-729 (January 2021) |
| spellingShingle | Ehrlichia canis Rhipicephalus sanguineus Perro Epidemiología Argentina Dogs Epidemiology Garrapatas Ticks Sebastian, Patrick Stephan Mera y Sierra, Roberto Neira, Gisela Hadid, Jaled Flores, Fernando Sebastian Nava, Santiago Epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in Argentina |
| title | Epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in Argentina |
| title_full | Epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in Argentina |
| title_short | Epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis and the presence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in Argentina |
| title_sort | epidemiological link between canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by ehrlichia canis and the presence of rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto in argentina |
| topic | Ehrlichia canis Rhipicephalus sanguineus Perro Epidemiología Argentina Dogs Epidemiology Garrapatas Ticks |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8867 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-020-07005-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-07005-7 |
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