title: Prevalence of 'Candidatus Rickettsia vini' in Ixodes arboricola ticks in the North of Spain, 2011-2013.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in Ixodes arboricola ticks collected from birds in two locations in the North of Spain from 2011 to 2013 was studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The detection of the bacteria in 54 DNA extracts of I. arboricola was performed by PCR targeting an ompA fragment gene. The 94.4% of the samples yielded positive results and the nucleotide sequences were homologous (100% identity) to 'Candidatus Rickettsia vini'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high rate of infection suggests that 'Ca. R. vini' is a common endosymbiont of I. arboricola.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Center of Rickettsioses and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, 98-7ª N.E, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. ampalomar@riojasalud.es.
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Palomar
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Center of Rickettsioses and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, 98-7ª N.E, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. aportillo@riojasalud.es.
authors.forename: Aránzazu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Portillo
authors.affiliation: Aranzadi Society of Sciences, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain. acrespo@aranzadi-zientziak.org.
authors.forename: Ariñe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crespo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Center of Rickettsioses and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, 98-7ª N.E, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. ssantibanez@riojasalud.es.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santibáñez
authors.affiliation: Abies, Environment Resources Inc, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. david@abies-sl.es.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mazuelas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Center of Rickettsioses and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, 98-7ª N.E, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. jaoteo@riojasalud.es.
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oteo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D001717:Birds; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D015995:Prevalence; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins