- Title
- A molecular survey of tick-borne pathogens from ticks collected in Central Queensland
- Creator
- Chalada, Melissa; Stenos, John; Vincent, Gemma; Barker, Dayana; Bradbury, Richard
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/172575
- Identifier
- vital:14521
- Identifier
-
https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2017.2182
- Identifier
- ISBN:1530-3667
- Abstract
- Central Queensland (CQ) is a large and isolated, low population density, remote tropical region of Australia with a varied environment. The region has a diverse fauna and several species of ticks that feed upon that fauna. This study examined 518 individual ticks: 177 Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick), 123 Haemaphysalis bancrofti (wallaby tick), 102 Rhipicephalus australis (Australian cattle tick), 47 Amblyomma triguttatum (ornate kangaroo tick), 57 Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), 9 Bothriocroton tachyglossi (CQ short-beaked echidna tick), and 3 Ornithodoros capensis (seabird soft tick). Tick midguts were pooled by common host or environment and screened for four genera of tick-borne zoonoses by PCR and sequencing. The study examined a total of 157 midgut pools of which 3 contained DNA of Coxiella burnetii, 13 Rickettsia gravesii, 1 Rickettsia felis, and 4 other Rickettsia spp. No Borrelia spp. or Babesia spp. DNA were recovered.
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert
- Relation
- Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases Vol. 18, no. 3 (2018), p. 151-163
- Rights
- Copyright Elsevier
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Babesia; Borrelia; Coxiella burnetii; Queensland; Rickettsia; Tick-borne; Zoonoses; 1117 Public Health and Health Services
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