High Prevalence of IRickettsia raoultii/I Found in IDermacentor/I 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) Rickettsia raoultii was revealed to be present in 61.9% of the...

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Published in:Pathogens (Basel) 2023-07, Vol.12 (7)
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
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Language:English
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Causes of
Diagnosis
Distribution
Identification and classification
Rickettsia
Testing
Tick-borne diseases
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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) Rickettsia raoultii was revealed to be present in 61.9% of the samples from Dermacentor ticks. Moreover, Rickettsia helvetica has been identified in 5.1% of Ixodes ticks.
ISSN:2076-0817
2076-0817
DOI:10.3390/pathogens12070914