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Pathogenic Rickettsia in ticks of spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo Graeca) sold in a Qatar live animal market

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dc.contributor.authorBarradas, P.F.
dc.contributor.authorMesquita, J.R.
dc.contributor.authorLima, C.
dc.contributor.authorCardoso, L.
dc.contributor.authorAlho, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, P.
dc.contributor.authorAmorim, I.
dc.contributor.authorDe Sousa, R.
dc.contributor.authorGärtner, F.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-29T04:33:57Z
dc.date.available2020-04-29T04:33:57Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-01
dc.description.abstractThe dissemination of vector arthropods harbouring zoonotic pathogens through the uncontrolled transboundary trade of exotic and pet animals poses an important threat to Public Health. In the present report, we describe the introduction of pathogenic Rickettsia africae and R. aeschlimanni in ticks removed from imported tortoises in Qatar. A total of 21 ticks were collected from pet spur‐thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca) from Doha, May 2018, and studied for species identification and characterization of Rickettsia spp. Morphological and molecular analysis of ticks allowed their identification as Hyalomma aegyptium. Molecular analysis of partial ompA and gltA genes showed that Rickettsia sequences found on these ticks clustered with sequences classified as R. aeschilimanii and R. africae. Since pre‐adult stages of H. aegyptium also feed on humans, this tick species may play a role in the transmission of R. aeschilimanii and R. africae. We alert for the introduction of non‐native pets as vehicles for tick importation, known vectors for animal and human pathogenic agents. Importation of exotic species into non‐autochthonous countries deserves strict control to enforce robust surveillance and mitigate potential exotic diseases epidemics.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipP. Barradas (SFRH/BD/116449/2016) acknowledges the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) for financial support. IPATIMUP integrates the i3S Research Unit, which is partially supported by FEDER funds through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors‐COMPETE and National Funds through the FCT, under the project number Pest‐C/SAU/LA0003/2013. This paper was published under the framework of the European Social Fund, Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2007–2013 (POSDRU/159/1.5/S/136893).pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationTransbound Emerg Dis. 2020 Jan;67(1):461-465. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13375. Epub 2019 Oct 1pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/tbed.13375pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1865-1674
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/6547
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherBlackwell Verlag GmbHpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tbed.13375pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectRickettsia spppt_PT
dc.subjectHyalomma aegyptiumpt_PT
dc.subjectRickettsia aeschilimaniipt_PT
dc.subjectRickettsia africaept_PT
dc.subjectTestudo Tortoisept_PT
dc.subjectInfecções Sistémicas e Zoonosespt_PT
dc.titlePathogenic Rickettsia in ticks of spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo Graeca) sold in a Qatar live animal marketpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage465pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage461pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleTransboundary and Emerging Diseasespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume67pt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamCOMPETE
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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