ArticleBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud2021
Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia.
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- Incidental infestations of humans by hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: Case reports and record of Amblyomma cajennense sensu stricto.Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2025Article
- Antibody Seroprevalence to Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Miraflores, Colombia: A Cross-Sectional Study in Humans and Dogs.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Seroprevalence canine survey for selected vector-borne pathogens and its relationship with poverty in metropolitan Pereira, Colombia, 2020.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2022Article
- Molecular screening for tick-borne bacteria and hematozoa inCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionIxodes tropicalis is a little-known tick species reported parasitizing wild rodents only in Colombia and Perú.
objectiveTo report a case of I. tropicalis infesting a human in the south of the metropolitan area of the Valle de Aburrá, Antioquia, Colombia, and to report the molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii in this species. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe tick was identified using a morphological key and sequencing of tick mitochondrial 16S rRNA. Additionally, bacterial and protozoa pathogens were evaluated using PCR for the detection of Rickettsia spp., family Anaplasmataceae, Borrelia spp., and piroplasmid.
resultsWe identified the tick as an I. tropicalis female according to Kohls, 1956, description and to partial 16S rRNA sequences showing a minimum of 5% divergencies compared to Ixodes sequences. We also detected the gltA gene of R. bellii in the tick with 99.87% of identity.
conclusionThis is the first report in Colombia of a species of the Ixodes genus parasitizing a human and the first report of the detection of R. bellii in this tick species.
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