New geographical records for tick‐borne pathogens in ticks collected from cattle in Benin and Togo
2023
Yessinou, Roland, Eric | Cazan, Cristina, Daniela | Panait, Luciana, Cătălina | Mollong, Eyabana | Biguezoton, Abel, S | Bonnet, Sarah, Irène | Farougou, Souaïbou | Groschup, Martin, H | Mihalca, Andrei, Daniel | Université d’Abomey-Calavi = University of Abomey Calavi (UAC) | University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca = Universitatea de Științe Agricole și Medicină Veterinară Cluj-Napoca | Université de Lomé [Togo] | Centre international de recherche-développement sur l'élevage en zone sub-humide (CIRDES) | Génétique fonctionnelle des maladies infectieuses - Functional Genetics of Infectious Diseases ; Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) | Département Santé Animale (DEPT SA) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases (INNT) ; Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) | We are grateful to the Francophony University Agency (AUF) for Postdoctoral Fellowship EUGEN IONESCU and Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania for supporting this research.
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اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]إنجليزي. BackgroundTicks are obligate hematophagous arthropods capable of transmitting a great variety of endemic and emerging pathogens causing diseases in animals and humans.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Bartonella spp., Rickettsia spp., Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks collected from cattle in Benin and Togo.MethodsOverall, 396 (148 males, 205 females and 43 nymphs) ticks were collected from cattle in 17 districts (Benin and Togo) between 2019 and 2020. Ticks were pooled into groups of 2–6 ticks per pool according to individual host, location, species and developmental stage. The DNA of each pool was extracted for molecular screening.ResultsPCR results revealed that 20 tick pools were positive for Bartonella spp. (Benin and Togo) and 23 tick pools positive for Rickettsia spp. (Benin), while all pools were negative for A. phagocytophilum and B. burgdorferi s.l. Sequence analysis of positive Rickettsia samples revealed the presence of Rickettsia aeschlimannii.ConclusionsThe present study highlights the presence of zoonotic agents in ticks collected from cattle in Benin and Togo. This information will raise awareness of tick-borne diseases among physicians and veterinarians, stimulate further studies to monitor these pathogens, and advise on necessary measures to control the spread of these zoonoses.
اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]الكلمات المفتاحية الخاصة بالمكنز الزراعي (أجروفوك)
المعلومات البيبليوغرافية
تم تزويد هذا السجل من قبل Institut national de la recherche agronomique