title: Rickettsial infections in ticks from reptiles, birds and humans in Honduras.
abstract: Ticks were collected from captive reptiles, wild birds, and incidentally from humans at two locations in Honduras and part of these were tested for the presence of Rickettsia using polymerase chain reaction. The following species of ticks were found: Amblyomma dissimile on Iguanidae reptiles, Amblyomma longirostre and Amblyomma nodosum on birds, and Amblyomma mixtum (Amblyomma cajennense complex) on humans. A. dissimile was infected with Rickettsia sp. strain Colombianensi. Both A. longirostre and A. mixtum were infected with Candidatus 'Rickettsia amblyommii'. This study provides the first report of rickettsial infections in ticks from reptiles, birds and humans in Honduras. New host - Amblyomma tick associations are documented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic; CEITEC VFU, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: novakova.marke@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marketa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Novakova
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic; CEITEC VFU, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: literaki@vfu.cz.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Literak
authors.affiliation: Bay Islands Foundation, Iguana Station, Utila, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras. Electronic address: volo@utila-iguana.de.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chevez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: thiagodogo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Thiago F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Hantaviruses and Rickettsioses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: maria.ogrzewalska@ioc.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogrzewalska
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: labruna@usp.br.
authors.forename: Marcelo B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Labruna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D005260:Female; D006721:Honduras / Q000453:epidemiology; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009758:Nymph / Q000382:microbiology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Amblyomma; Birds; Honduras; Reptiles; Rickettsia; Ticks