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TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES
Volume 3, Issue 5-6, Pages 293-296Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.031
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Ticks; PCR; Leishmania infantum; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia massiliae; Babesia canis
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The aims of this study were to determine natural infections by Anaplasma phagocytophilum/Anaplasma platys, Bartonella henselae, Ehrlichia canis, Leishmania infantum, Rickettsia spp., Babesia spp., and Hepatozoon spp. by molecular methods in ticks (n = 91) removed from dogs with clinical signs and laboratory abnormalities compatible with tick-borne diseases (n = 22) living in Italy and to assess the distribution and species of ticks encountered. Ticks from dogs living in southern Italy were all identified as Rhipicephalus sanguineus (n = 25), ticks from central Italy included Rh. sanguineus (n = 8) and lxodes ricinus (n = 9), ticks from northern Italy included Rh. sanguineus (n = 45), Dermacentor marginatus (n = 3), and one I. ricinus. Leishmania infantum, Rickettsia spp., and Babesia canis were the only pathogens detected in 7 (8%), 4(4%), and 2(2%) out of 91 ticks, respectively. L. infantum was detected in I. ricinus from central Italy and in Rh. sanguineus from northern and central Italy. Rickettsia conorii and Ri. massiliae were detected in Rh. sanguineus ticks from central and southern Italy (Sicily), respectively. Bob. canis was detected in D. marginatus ticks from northern Italy. (C) 2012 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved,
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