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- - Rickettsia species are bacteria that can cause diseases in both animals and humans, typically spread by arthropod vectors like ticks.
- - Researchers conducted a study in the Yucatan region, focusing on pet dogs to collect ticks and test for Rickettsia species through PCR analysis.
- - They discovered Rickettsia amblyommatis and Rickettsia bellii in certain tick species, marking the first detection of these bacteria in this area of Mexico, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring.
Article Abstract
Rickettsia species are bacteria that may cause multiple diseases in animals and humans, via transmission through multiple arthropod vectors. Routine surveillance of Rickettsia spp. within vectors is critical to determine their presence and risk to mammalian hosts within human populations. Therefore, to better characterize the circulating Rickettsia species in an understudied region we targeted pet dogs to survey. Ticks were collected from pet dogs in three populations of the Yucatan where we tested for the presence of Rickettsia spp. by PCR in metagenomic DNA. In these ticks removed from pet dogs we detected Rickettsia amblyommatis and Rickettsia bellii in Amblyomma auriculatum, Amblyomma ovale and Amblyomma mixtum ticks obtained in a rural community in the Mexican state of Yucatan. This is the first report detecting both species for this state in Mexico, underpinning the importance of more routine surveillance.
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