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TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES
Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages 466-469Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.02.004
Keywords
Ornithodoros puertoricensis; Human exposure; Tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia; Panama
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- National Institutes of Health [AI123652]
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The presence of ticks inside human constructions was evaluated in two localities from Colon province (Charco La Piedra and Espinar) and one from Panama province (Ancon, City of Panama). In two of houses, eight people from Charco La Piedra and one from Ancon reported insect bites, which produced blisters for several weeks. The investigation resulted in the collection of argasid ticks, which were identified by morphology and sequencing the 16s ribosomal RNA gene, and later evaluated for the presence of relapsing fever Borrelia DNA. All ticks were identified as Ornithodoros puertoricensis. While spirochetal DNA was not detected by PCR in the ticks, our report highlights the potential for relapsing fever borreliosis in rural and urban localities in Panama. (C) 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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