ArticleParasites & vectors2026
Detection of Bartonella schoenbuchensis and a novel sigmavirus within the microbiome of deer keds (Lipoptena cervi) from the United Kingdom.
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- Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Vector-Borne Pathogens fromVeterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Deer keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) as potential vectors of bacterial and protozoan pathogens in Slovakia.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2026Article
- The role of deer keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena and Neolipoptena) in occupational and public health.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundLipoptena cervi is a member of the Hippoboscidae family of insects and is a hematophagous ectoparasite of cervid species, commonly referred to as the deer ked. Lipoptena cervi has a wide geographical distribution and can be found from North America through Europe into East Asia. Deer keds occasionally bite humans and domestic animals and might act as disease vectors. The microbiome associated with this species of biting insect has not been investigated.
methodsMass sequencing of both DNA and RNA extracted from L. cervi specimens collected from two locations in southern England was conducted to characterise the complete microbiome consisting of bacterial, viral and eukaryotic species. Three specimens were collected after landing on humans in Somerset, and three specimens were collected from European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Oxfordshire. Bioinformatic analysis investigated the host and microbial composition of each specimen.
resultsNear-complete mitochondrial genomes were assembled from all six specimens confirming morphological speciation as L. cervi. Bacterial endosymbionts were the most dominant organisms identified with Candidatus Arsenophonus lipoptenae being most abundant. In specimens that had fed on deer, the pathogen Bartonella schoenbuchensis was detected. A novel sigmavirus was also detected in five samples, four of which yielded near-complete genomes. The closest relative of this virus was a sigmavirus found in a sheep ked (Melophagus ovinus) sampled in the Russian Federation.
conclusionsThe data from this study will allow for a better baseline understanding of the microbiome of L. cervi and provide evidence for their role as vectors of zoonotic pathogens.
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