title: Prevalence of Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus ticks removed from wild boar (Sus scrofa) in northeastern Spain.
abstract: Rickettsia slovaca, the causative agent of TIBOLA, is transmitted by Dermacentor ticks. Dermacentor marginatus is the most widely species distributed in northeastern Spain, and the wild boar constitutes the main host. D. marginatus ticks were collected from hunter-killed wild boar and were tested by PCR/RFLP. Rickettsial DNA-positive ticks were sequenced using the ompA PCR primers. The prevalence of R. slovaca in D. marginatus ticks was 17.7%. Other spotted fever group rickettsiae were detected in ticks, but these were not definitely identified.
authors.affiliation: Parasitologia i Malalties Parasitàries, Department of Sanitat i Anatomia Animal, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. Ana.Ortuno@uab.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortuño
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quesada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miret
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cardeñosa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castellà
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Anton
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Segura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013030:Spain; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*