First report of “Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii” in west coast of Mexico

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• 作者：Sokani Sá ; nchez-Montes^a ; ^b ; Cé ; sar A. Rí ; os-Muñ ; oz^a ; ^b ; ^{cesar.rios@unam.mx" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Deborah V. Espinosa-Martí ; nez^c ; Carmen Guzmá ; n-Cornejo^d ; Miriam Berzunza-Cruz^a ; ^b ; Ingeborg Becker^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Amblyomma mixtum ; Candidatus Rickettsia amblyomii ; Environmental characteristics ; Geographic distribution ; Jalisco ; Mexico
• 刊名：Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：7
• 期：6
• 页码：1139-1145
• 全文大小：2939 K

文摘

We report the first case of “Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii” detected in Amblyomma mixtum ticks on humans on the west coast of Mexico. This is the most western record of “Ca. R. amblyommii” in the Western Hemisphere, representing the first record for the western coast of the Americas. Even if the record is far from the previously known locations for the species it does not represent a new record regarding temperature, precipitation and topographic parameters. Since “Ca. R. amblyommii” antibodies have been detected in patients suspected of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the tick A. mixtum has been associated with humans, it is important to consider “Ca. R. amblyommii” as a potential risk for the human population that has not been considered at risk before.