Journal
VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 147, Issue 1-2, Pages 190-194Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.05.046
Keywords
Coxiella burnetii; Wildlife; Ticks; PCR
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- INIA
- MEC [AG/2001-3947-C02-02]
- FEDER
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Basque Government
- 'Instituto de Salud Carlos III' of the Spanish Ministry of Health
- [FAU2006-00002-C04-01]
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At present few studies have been carried out on the distribution and incidence of Coxiella burnetii infection in wildlife. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of C burnetii in the main wild species in the Basque Country (Northern Spain), such as carnivores, cervids, wild boar, lagomorphs and several species of birds. Tissues from a total of 601 animals and 340 adult ticks collected from them were analyzed by PCR. DNA of C. burnetii was detected in 5.1% of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), 4.3% of wild boar (Sus scrota), 9.1% of European hare (Lepus europaeus), and among wild birds, in 11% of vultures (Gyps fulvus)and 14% of black kites (Milvus migrans). These results showed that C burnetii circulates in wildlife in Spain participating in the cycle of Q fever in nature. All of the adult ticks analyzed were negative for C burnetii, suggesting that ticks do not play an important role in the transmission of C. burnetii in this area. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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