| first direct detection of rickettsial pathogens and a new rickettsia, 'candidatus rickettsia barbariae', in ticks from sardinia, italy. | the present study evaluated the molecular detection and identification of rickettsia species in 83 ticks collected in sardinia, italy. fifteen ticks were pcr-positive using glta-specific and ompa-specific primers, leading to the identification of rickettsia aeschlimannii in hyalomma marginatum marginatum, r. massiliae in rhipicephalus turanicus and in rhipicephalus sanguineus, and a new rickettsia, previously referred to as potirb169 in portugal, in four rhipicephalus turanicus. this new species ... | 2008 | 19040474 |
| detection of rickettsia hoogstraalii, rickettsia helvetica, rickettsia massiliae, rickettsia slovaca and rickettsia aeschlimannii in ticks from sardinia, italy. | tick-borne diseases represent a large proportion of infectious diseases that have become a world health concern. the presence of rickettsia spp. was evaluated by standard pcr and sequencing in 123 ticks collected from several mammals and vegetation in sardinia, italy. this study provides the first evidence of the presence of rickettsia hoogstralii in haemaphysalis punctata and haemaphysalis sulcata ticks from mouflon and rickettsia helvetica in ixodes festai ticks from hedgehog. in addition, ric ... | 2017 | 28110915 |
| molecular detection and groel typing of rickettsia aeschlimannii in sardinian ticks. | rickettsia aeschlimannii is an emerging tick-borne pathogen of the spotted fever group rickettsiae with considerable impact on both human and animal health. this study reports the molecular detection and groel characterization of r. aeschlimannii in ticks collected from birds and ruminants in a typical mediterranean environment. phylogeny of r. aeschlimannii and species representative of the spotted fever and typhus groups based on the groel gene is reconstructed for the first time. results expa ... | 2016 | 27130322 |
| rickettsia slovaca from dermacentor marginatus ticks in sardinia, italy. | nineteen ticks belonging to the species dermacentor marginatus, rhipicephalus bursa, and haemaphysalis sulcata were collected from wild animals (wild boar, deer, and mouflon) in south-western sardinia, italy. five d. marginatus ticks from wild boar were pcr-positive when analyzed using glta-specific and ompa-specific primers, leading to the identification and first isolation in cell culture of rickettsia slovaca, the causative agent of tick-borne lymphadenopathy (tibola), on the island of sardin ... | 2012 | 23140897 |