Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Rickettsia sp. and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from France

Lénaïg Halos; Gwenaël Vourc'h; Violaine Cotte; Patrick Gasqui; Jacques Barnouin; Henri-Jean Boulous; Muriel Vayssier-Taussat

doi:10.1196/annals.1374.059

Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Rickettsia sp. and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from France

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Oct:1078:316-9. doi: 10.1196/annals.1374.059.

Authors

Lénaïg Halos¹, Gwenaël Vourc'h, Violaine Cotte, Patrick Gasqui, Jacques Barnouin, Henri-Jean Boulous, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat

Affiliation

¹ UMR 956 BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France.

PMID: 17114729
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.059

Abstract

A total of 4701 Ixodes ricinus, collected during the summer of 2003, were analyzed for three pathogens. DNA was detected from the three pathogens. Co-detection of more than one pathogen was observed.

MeSH terms

Anaplasma phagocytophilum / genetics
Anaplasma phagocytophilum / isolation & purification*
Animals
Borrelia burgdorferi / genetics
Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification*
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
France
Ixodes / microbiology*
Rickettsia / genetics
Rickettsia / isolation & purification*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial