title: [PCR detection of the causative agents of infections transmitted by ticks on the Kamchatka Peninsula].
abstract: There has been recently a rise in referrals for Ixodes tick bites in the spring and summer periods in the Kamchatka Territory. Among the dominant tick species, there has been the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus habiting the extensive areas of the southern and central parts of the peninsula. Examination of 84 I. persulcatus females collected from human beings and domestic animals in 2003 to 2007 detected DNA of the pathogens of tick-borne borreliosis (B. burgdorferi sensu lato), rickettsiasis (R. tarasevichiae and R. helvetica), and Ehrlichiosis/anaplasmosis (A. phagocytophilum). Tick-borne encephalitis RNA and antigens and babesiasis DNA were not found in the study samples. Despite the small number of taiga ticks in Kamchatka, the detection of the pathogens of various infectious diseases in the ticks suggests that there may be a risk for contamination of the peninsula's population with these pathogens.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Pukhovskaia
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Rar
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Vysochina
authors.forename: Ia P
authors.initials: IaP
authors.lastname: Igolkina
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Fomenko
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Zaraĭchenkova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Plashkova
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Oreshkina
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Mal'tseva
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Chistov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Chechikova
mesh_terms: D000709:Anaplasma / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D001898:Borrelia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D012367:RNA, Viral; C450839:p44 protein, Anaplasma phagocytophila; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins