Tick-borne rickettsial pathogens in questing ticks, removed from humans and animals in Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Tick-borne rickettsial diseases (TBRD) are commonly encountered in medical and veterinary clinical settings. The control of these diseases is difficult, requiring disruption of a complex transmission chain involving a vertebrate host and ticks. The geographical distribution of the diseases is related to distribution of the vector, which is an indicator of risk for the population. A total of 1107 were collected by tick drag from forests, ecotourism parks and hosts at 101 sites in 22 of the 32 states of Mexico. Collected ticks were placed in 1.5 mL cryovials containing 70% ethanol and were identified to species. Ticks were pooled according to location/host of collection, date of collection, sex, and stage of development. A total of 51 ticks were assayed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to

SUBMITTER: Sosa-Gutierrez CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5037303 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature