Upscaling the Surveillance of Tick-borne Pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands.

ABSTRACT: Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean. Management and control of vector-borne disease require actual epidemiological data to better assess and anticipate the risk of (re)emergence of tick-borne diseases in the region. To simplify and reduce the costs of such large-scale surveys, we implemented a high-throughput microfluidic real-time PCR system suitable for the screening of the main bacterial and parasitic genera involved in tick-borne disease and potentially circulating in the area. We used the new screening tool to perform an exploratory epidemiological study on 132 adult specimens of Amblyomma variegatum and 446 of Rhipice

SUBMITTER: Gondard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7157729 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature