Rickettsiae of the spotted-fever group in ixodid ticks from Hungary: identification of a new genotype ('Candidatus Rickettsia kotlanii')

Author： Sréter-Lancz Z.   Széll Z.   Kovács G.   Egyed L.   Márialigeti K.   Sréter T.  

Publisher： Maney Publishing

ISSN： 1364-8594

Source： Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Vol.100, Iss.3, 2006-04, pp. : 229-236

Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.

Previous Menu Next

Abstract

Three common European 'anthrophilic' ticks, Ixodes ricinus, Haemaphysalis concinna and Dermacentor reticulatus, were collected in Hungary and tested, in assays based on nested PCR, for rickettsiae of the spotted-fever group. Low percentages of I. ricinus (2.7%) and H. concinna (1.0%) and a high percentage of D. reticulatus (26.8%) were found to be infected. The rickettsiae in the ticks were then identified, by sequencing of the genes coding for 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rDNA), citrate synthase (gltA) and the rOmpA outer-membrane protein (ompA), as Rickettsia helvetica, Rickettsia monacensis, Rickettsia sp. RpA4, or what is probably a newly recognized Rickettsia species ('Candidatus Rickettsia kotlanii'). These results raise the possibility that rickettsiae other than Rickettsia slovaca are involved in human disease in Hungary. Current knowledge on the distributions of the rickettsiae of the spotted-fever group that are emerging in Europe is also summarized.

Related content

A tick-borne rickettsia of the spotted-fever group, similar to Rickettsia amblyommii, in French Guyana

By Parola P.   Matsumoto K.   Socolovschi C.   Parzy D.   Raoult D.  

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Vol. 101, Iss. 2, 2007-03 ,pp. : 185-188 (4)

Maney Publishing

Access to resources Recommend Favorite

Molecular evidence of Rickettsia helvetica and R. monacensis infections in Ixodes ricinus from Hungary

By Sréter-Lancz Z.   Sréter T.   Széll Z.   Egyed L.  

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Vol. 99, Iss. 3, 2005-04 ,pp. : 325-330 (6)

Maney Publishing

Access to resources Recommend Favorite

First report of Rickettsia monacensis and Rickettsia helvetica from Tunisia

By Sfar N.   M'Ghirbi Y.   Letaïef A.   Parola P.   Bouattour A.   Raoult D.  

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Vol. 102, Iss. 6, 2008-09 ,pp. : 561-564 (4)

Maney Publishing

Access to resources Recommend Favorite

Babesia microti infection of anthropophilic ticks (Ixodes ricinus) in Hungary

By Kálmán D.   Sréter T.   Széll Z.   Egyed L.  

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Vol. 97, Iss. 3, 2003-04 ,pp. : 317-319 (3)

Maney Publishing

Access to resources Recommend Favorite

Early diagnosis of severe Mediterranean spotted fever cases by nested-PCR detecting spotted fever Rickettsiae 17-kD common antigen gene

By Ergas David   Zev Sthoeger M.   Keysary Avi   Strenger Carmela   Leitner Moshe   Zimhony Oren  

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 40, Iss. 11-12, 2008-11 ,pp. : 965-967 (3)

Informa Healthcare

Access to resources Recommend Favorite