Anaplasma, Ehrlichia and rickettsial pathogens in ixodid ticks infesting cattle and sheep in western Oromia, Ethiopia
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- 作者：Sori Teshale ; Bersissa Kumsa ; Maria Luisa Menandro…
- 关键词：Anaplasma ; Ehrlichia ; Rickettsia ; Rhipicephalus ; Ethiopia
- 刊名：Experimental and Applied Acarology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：70
- 期：2
- 页码：231-237
- 全文大小：372 KB
- 刊物主题：Entomology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Animal Ecology; Life Sciences, general;
- 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1572-9702
- 卷排序：70
文摘
Although ticks are widely distributed in all agro-ecological zones of Ethiopia, information on tick-borne pathogens is scarce. This study was conducted to determine the presence of Anaplasma spp., Ehrlichia spp., and Rickettsia spp. in Rhipicephalus evertsi and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus collected from cattle and sheep at Bako, western Oromia, Ethiopia, using polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. Anaplasmaovis and Anaplasma spp., Ehrlichiaruminantium and Ehrlichia spp. were detected in Rh. decoloratus, whereas only A. ovis was detected in Rh. evertsi. Both tick species were found to harbor DNA belonging to Rickettsia spp., and Rickettsiaafricae. Our findings highlight the risk of infection of animals and humans with these zoonotic tick-borne bacteria in Ethiopia.