Pathogens
(Jul 2023)
High Prevalence of <i>Rickettsia raoultii</i> Found in <i>Dermacentor</i> Ticks Collected in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Western Siberia
Alexey V. Rakov,
Tatiana A. Chekanova,
Ketevan Petremgvdlishvili,
Andrey V. Timonin,
Anna V. Valdokhina,
Sergey V. Shirokostup,
Natalia V. Lukyanenko,
Vasiliy G. Akimkin
Affiliations
Alexey V. Rakov
Laboratory for Natural Focal Infections Epidemiology, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, 111123 Moscow, Russia
Tatiana A. Chekanova
Laboratory for Natural Focal Infections Epidemiology, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, 111123 Moscow, Russia
Ketevan Petremgvdlishvili
Laboratory for Natural Focal Infections Epidemiology, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, 111123 Moscow, Russia
Andrey V. Timonin
Department of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Immunology, Altai State Medical University, 656038 Barnaul, Russia
Anna V. Valdokhina
Scientific Group of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, 111123 Moscow, Russia
Sergey V. Shirokostup
Institute of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Altai State Medical University, 656038 Barnaul, Russia
Natalia V. Lukyanenko
Department of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Immunology, Altai State Medical University, 656038 Barnaul, Russia
Vasiliy G. Akimkin
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, 111123 Moscow, Russia
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070914
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12,
no. 7
Abstract
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The prevalence of the tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsioses pathogens in ticks collected in Barnaul, the administrative center of Altai Krai, Western Siberia, was studied. The causative agent of tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA) Rickettsia raoultii was revealed to be present in 61.9% of the samples from Dermacentor ticks. Moreover, Rickettsia helvetica has been identified in 5.1% of Ixodes ticks.
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