title: First report of Rickettsia raoultii and Rickettsia helvetica in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from the Czech Republic.
abstract: Tick-borne rickettsioses nowadays present a significant health threat among emerging tick-borne infections. In the study, we screened a total of 997 questing adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks (576 females and 421 males) collected in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic) from April to September of 2010 and 2011 for the presence of human pathogenic rickettsiae. Here we provide the first evidence on the occurrence of human pathogenic Rickettsia raoultii in the local D. reticulatus population indicating possible future emergence of Dermacentor-borne necrotic erythema and lymphadenopathy (DEBONEL) in the region.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic; Masaryk University, Department of Experimental Biology, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: rudolf@ivb.cz.
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rudolf
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic; Masaryk University, Department of Experimental Biology, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic; Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences, 162 06 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Kristýna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Venclíková
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blažejová
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Betášová
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mendel
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic; Masaryk University, Department of Experimental Biology, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Zdeněk
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hubálek
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille University, CNRS 7278, URMITE, INSERM 1095, UM63,IRD Dakar 198, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, F-13385 Marseille 5, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018153:Czech Republic; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
keywords: DEBONEL; Dermacentor spp.; Rickettsia spp.; SENLAT