Expansion of Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the World
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Distribution of Tick-Borne Diseases in China Xian-Bo Wu1, Ren-Hua Na2, Shan-Shan Wei2, Jin-Song Zhu3 and Hong-Juan Peng2*
Wu et al. Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:119 http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/6/1/119 REVIEW Open Access Distribution of tick-borne diseases in China Xian-Bo Wu1, Ren-Hua Na2, Shan-Shan Wei2, Jin-Song Zhu3 and Hong-Juan Peng2* Abstract As an important contributor to vector-borne diseases in China, in recent years, tick-borne diseases have attracted much attention because of their increasing incidence and consequent significant harm to livestock and human health. The most commonly observed human tick-borne diseases in China include Lyme borreliosis (known as Lyme disease in China), tick-borne encephalitis (known as Forest encephalitis in China), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (known as Xinjiang hemorrhagic fever in China), Q-fever, tularemia and North-Asia tick-borne spotted fever. In recent years, some emerging tick-borne diseases, such as human monocytic ehrlichiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and a novel bunyavirus infection, have been reported frequently in China. Other tick-borne diseases that are not as frequently reported in China include Colorado fever, oriental spotted fever and piroplasmosis. Detailed information regarding the history, characteristics, and current epidemic status of these human tick-borne diseases in China will be reviewed in this paper. It is clear that greater efforts in government management and research are required for the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of tick-borne diseases, as well as for the control of ticks, in order to decrease the tick-borne disease burden in China. Keywords: Ticks, Tick-borne diseases, Epidemic, China Review (Table 1) [2,4]. Continuous reports of emerging tick-borne Ticks can carry and transmit viruses, bacteria, rickettsia, disease cases in Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Anhui, and spirochetes, protozoans, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma,Bartonia other provinces demonstrate the rise of these diseases bodies, and nematodes [1,2]. -
Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of Burkholderia Stabilis Clinical Contamination, Switzerland Helena M.B
RESEARCH Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of Burkholderia stabilis Clinical Contamination, Switzerland Helena M.B. Seth-Smith, Carlo Casanova, Rami Sommerstein, Dominik M. Meinel,1 Mohamed M.H. Abdelbary,2 Dominique S. Blanc, Sara Droz, Urs Führer, Reto Lienhard, Claudia Lang, Olivier Dubuis, Matthias Schlegel, Andreas Widmer, Peter M. Keller,3 Jonas Marschall, Adrian Egli A recent hospital outbreak related to premoistened gloves pathogens that generally fall within the B. cepacia com- used to wash patients exposed the difficulties of defining plex (Bcc) (1). Burkholderia bacteria have large, flexible, Burkholderia species in clinical settings. The outbreak strain multi-replicon genomes, a large metabolic repertoire, vari- displayed key B. stabilis phenotypes, including the inabil- ous virulence factors, and inherent resistance to many anti- ity to grow at 42°C; we used whole-genome sequencing to microbial drugs (2,3). confirm the pathogen was B. stabilis. The outbreak strain An outbreak of B. stabilis was identified among hos- genome comprises 3 chromosomes and a plasmid, shar- ing an average nucleotide identity of 98.4% with B. stabilis pitalized patients across several cantons in Switzerland ATCC27515 BAA-67, but with 13% novel coding sequenc- during 2015–2016 (4). The bacterium caused bloodstream es. The genome lacks identifiable virulence factors and has infections, noninvasive infections, and wound contamina- no apparent increase in encoded antimicrobial drug resis- tions. The source of the infection was traced to contaminat- tance, few insertion sequences, and few pseudogenes, ed commercially available, premoistened washing gloves suggesting this outbreak was an opportunistic infection by used for bedridden patients. After hospitals discontinued an environmental strain not adapted to human pathogenic- use of these gloves, the outbreak resolved. -
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RESEARCH LETTERS Pathology. 2011;43:58–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ variabilis ticks can transmit the causative agent of Rocky PAT.0b013e328340e431 Mountain spotted fever, and Ixodes scapularis ticks can 8. Rodriguez-Lozano J, Pérez-Llantada E, Agüero J, Rodríguez-Fernández A, Ruiz de Alegria C, Martinez-Martinez L, transmit the causative agents of Lyme disease, babesiosis, et al. Sternal wound infection caused by Gordonia bronchialis: and human granulocytic anaplasmosis (1). Although less identification by MALDI-TOF MS. JMM Case Rep. 2016;3: common in the region, A. maculatum ticks are dominant e005067. in specific habitats and can transmit the causative agent of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis (1). Address for correspondence: Rene Choi, Department of Ophthalmology, Persons who have occupations that require them to be Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 3375 SW outside on a regular basis might have a greater risk for ac- Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97239, USA; email: [email protected] quiring a tickborne disease (2). Although numerous stud- ies have been conducted regarding risks for tickborne dis- eases among forestry workers in Europe, few studies have been performed in the United States (2,3). The studies that have been conducted in the United States have focused on forestry workers in the northeastern region (2). However, because of variable phenology and densities of ticks, it is useful to evaluate tick activity and pathogen prevalence in Rickettsiales in Ticks various regions and ecosystems. Burn-tolerant and burn-dependent ecosystems, such as Removed from Outdoor pine (Pinus spp.) and mixed pine forests commonly found Workers, Southwest Georgia in the southeastern United States, have unique tick dynam- and Northwest Florida, USA ics compared with those of other habitats (4). -
Case Report: Coinfection with Rickettsia Monacensis and Orientia Tsutsugamushi
Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 101(2), 2019, pp. 332–335 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.18-0631 Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Case Report: Coinfection with Rickettsia monacensis and Orientia tsutsugamushi Seok Won Kim,1† Choon-Mee Kim,2† Dong-Min Kim,3* and Na Ra Yun3 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea; 2Premedical Science, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea; 3Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea Abstract. Rickettsia monacensis and Orientia tsutsugamushi are bacteria of the family Rickettsiaceae, which causes fever, rash, and eschar formation; outdoor activities are a risk factor for Rickettsiaceae infection. A 75-year-old woman presented with fever, rash, and eschar and was confirmed as being scrub typhus based on a nested-polymerase chain reaction (N-PCR) test for a 56-kDa gene of O. tsutsugamushi; the genome was identified as the Boryong genotype. In addition, a pan-Rickettsia real-time PCR test was positive and a N-PCR test using a Rickettsia-specific partial outer membrane protein A (rOmpA) confirmed R. monacensis. This is the first case wherein a patient suspected of having scrub typhus owing to the presence of rash and eschar was also found to be coinfected with O. tsutsugamushi and R. monacensis based on molecular testing. INTRODUCTION leukocyte count, 7,200/mm3; hemoglobin, 11.6 g/dL; platelet count, 232,000/mm3; and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, 31 Rickettsia monacensis is a pathogen that causes spotted mm/hours. C-reactive protein and procalcitonin levels were fever group rickettsial infection; the main symptoms of in- elevated at 9.26 mg/dL and 0.836 ng/mL (0–0.5 ng/mL), re- fection include fever, headache, and myalgia, as well as es- 1 spectively. -
Yersinia Enterocolitica
Li et al. BMC Genomics 2014, 15:201 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/15/201 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Gene polymorphism analysis of Yersinia enterocolitica outer membrane protein A and putative outer membrane protein A family protein Kewei Li1†, Wenpeng Gu2†, Junrong Liang1†, Yuchun Xiao1, Haiyan Qiu1, Haoshu Yang1, Xin Wang1 and Huaiqi Jing1* Abstract Background: Yersinia enterocolitica outer membrane protein A (OmpA) is one of the major outer membrane proteins with high immunogenicity. We performed the polymorphism analysis for the outer membrane protein A and putative outer membrane protein A (p-ompA) family protein gene of 318 Y. enterocolitica strains. Results: The data showed all the pathogenic strains and biotype 1A strains harboring ystB gene carried both ompA and p-ompA genes; parts of the biotype 1A strains not harboring ystB gene carried either ompA or p-ompA gene. In non-pathogenic strains (biotype 1A), distribution of the two genes and ystB were highly correlated, showing genetic polymorphism. The pathogenic and non-pathogenic, highly and weakly pathogenic strains were divided into different groups based on sequence analysis of two genes. Although the variations of the sequences, the translated proteins and predicted secondary or tertiary structures of OmpA and P-OmpA were similar. Conclusions: OmpA and p-ompA gene were highly conserved for pathogenic Y. enterocolitica. The distributions of two genes were correlated with ystB for biotype 1A strains. The polymorphism analysis results of the two genes probably due to different bio-serotypes of the strains, and reflected the dissemination of different bio-serotype clones of Y. enterocolitica. Keywords: Yersinia enterocolitica, ompA, p-ompA, ystB Background are mainly referred to type III secretion system (TTSS) Y. -
Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences Prevalence of Ticks on Indigenous
Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, Volume 16 (Number 3). September, 2018 RESEARCH ARTICLE Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences (P-ISSN 1595-093X: E-ISSN 2315-6201) http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sokjvs.v16i3.10 Akande et al./Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 16(3): 66-71. Prevalence of ticks on indigenous breed of hunting dogs in Ogun State, Nigeria FA Akande1*, AF Adebowale1, OA Idowu1 & OO Sofela2 1. Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Agriculture, PMB 224, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria 2. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria *Correspondence: Tel.: +2348035008607; E-mail: [email protected] Copyright: © 2018 Abstract Akande et al. This is an Ticks are haematophagous arthropods that are important vectors of diseases of open-access article animals and humans, many of which are zoonotic, thus predisposing humans, published under the including hunters to risk. The present study was conducted to assess the prevalence terms of the Creative of tick infestation among hunting dogs with the aim of determining the danger which Commons Attribution the presence of ticks portends, bearing in mind that hunting dogs are kept by the duo License which permits of rural and urban dwellers. A total of one hundred and nine (109) hunting dogs were unrestricted use, sampled from nineteen (19) different locations in the State. The age, weight and sex distribution, and of the dogs were noted and recorded as variables. The dogs were thoroughly reproduction in any examined for ticks and other ectoparasites which were collected into properly medium, provided the labelled plastic containers and were transported to the laboratory for identification. -
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Clinical Infectious Diseases IDSA GUIDELINE A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiologya J. Michael Miller,1 Matthew J. Binnicker,2 Sheldon Campbell,3 Karen C. Carroll,4 Kimberle C. Chapin,5 Peter H. Gilligan,6 Mark D. Gonzalez,7 Robert C. Jerris,7 Sue C. Kehl,8 Robin Patel,2 Bobbi S. Pritt,2 Sandra S. Richter,9 Barbara Robinson-Dunn,10 Joseph D. Schwartzman,11 James W. Snyder,12 Sam Telford III,13 Elitza S. Theel,2 Richard B. Thomson Jr,14 Melvin P. Weinstein,15 and Joseph D. Yao2 1Microbiology Technical Services, LLC, Dunwoody, Georgia; 2Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; 3Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; 4Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland; 5Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence; 6Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; 7Department of Pathology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia; 8Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; 9Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio; 10Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan; 11Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; 12Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky; 13Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts; 14Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois; and 15Departments of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey Contents Introduction and Executive Summary I. -
Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Infectious Diseases Disease Name Class A, Requires Immediate Phone Call to Local Health
Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Infectious Diseases Reporting specifics for select diseases reportable by ELR Class A, requires immediate phone Susceptibilities specimen type Reportable test name (can change if Disease Name other specifics+ call to local health required* specifics~ state/federal case definition or department reporting requirements change) Culture independent diagnostic tests' (CIDT), like BioFire panel or BD MAX, E. histolytica Stain specimen = stool, bile results should be sent as E. histolytica DNA fluid, duodenal fluid, 260373001^DETECTED^SCT with E. histolytica Antigen Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica) No No tissue large intestine, disease/organism-specific DNA LOINC E. histolytica Antibody tissue small intestine codes OR a generic CIDT-LOINC code E. histolytica IgM with organism-specific DNA SNOMED E. histolytica IgG codes E. histolytica Total Antibody Ova and Parasite Anthrax Antibody Anthrax Antigen Anthrax EITB Acute Anthrax EITB Convalescent Anthrax Yes No Culture ELISA PCR Stain/microscopy Stain/spore ID Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus Antibody Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus IgG Antibody Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus IgM Arboviral neuroinvasive and non- Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus RNA neuroinvasive disease: Eastern equine California serogroup virus Antibody encephalitis virus disease; LaCrosse Equivocal results are accepted for all California serogroup virus IgG Antibody virus disease (other California arborviral diseases; California serogroup virus IgM Antibody specimen = blood, serum, serogroup -
Identification of Ixodes Ricinus Female Salivary Glands Factors Involved in Bartonella Henselae Transmission Xiangye Liu
Identification of Ixodes ricinus female salivary glands factors involved in Bartonella henselae transmission Xiangye Liu To cite this version: Xiangye Liu. Identification of Ixodes ricinus female salivary glands factors involved in Bartonella henselae transmission. Human health and pathology. Université Paris-Est, 2013. English. NNT : 2013PEST1066. tel-01142179 HAL Id: tel-01142179 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01142179 Submitted on 14 Apr 2015 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-EST École Doctorale Agriculture, Biologie, Environnement, Santé T H È S E Pour obtenir le grade de DOCTEUR DE L’UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-EST Spécialité : Sciences du vivant Présentée et soutenue publiquement par Xiangye LIU Le 15 Novembre 2013 Identification of Ixodes ricinus female salivary glands factors involved in Bartonella henselae transmission Directrice de thèse : Dr. Sarah I. Bonnet USC INRA Bartonella-Tiques, UMR 956 BIPAR, Maisons-Alfort, France Jury Dr. Catherine Bourgouin, Chef de laboratoire, Institut Pasteur Rapporteur Dr. Karen D. McCoy, Chargée de recherches, CNRS Rapporteur Dr. Patrick Mavingui, Directeur de recherches, CNRS Examinateur Dr. Karine Huber, Chargée de recherches, INRA Examinateur ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To everyone who helped me to complete my PhD studies, thank you. -
Rickettsia Monacensis As a Cause of a Tick Bite
a nonpruritic, disseminated maculopapular rash, with no Rickettsia inoculation eschar, of the trunk and lower extremities, in- cluding palms and soles. Other than a slightly low plate- monacensis let count (82,000/mm3), examination fi ndings were within normal limits. MSF was diagnosed, and serum and defi - and Human brinated blood samples were taken before a course of oral doxycycline (100 mg/12 h for 10 d) was initiated. Three Disease, Spain days later, fever and rash were gone without sequelae. Ad- Isabel Jado,* José A. Oteo,† Mikel Aldámiz,‡ ditional serial serum samples were taken during weeks 4, Horacio Gil,* Raquel Escudero,* 13, and 26 after onset and reserved for serologic analysis Valvanera Ibarra,† Joseba Portu,‡ (Table). Aranzazu Portillo,† María J. Lezaun,‡ Patient 2 was a 59-year-old woman from Basque Cristina García-Amil,* Isabel Rodríguez-Moreno,* Country, who sought medical attention on September 20, and Pedro Anda* 2003, 4 days after onset of fever (38ºC), headache, and an erythematous rash, with no inoculation eschar, at the site of We identifi ed Rickettsia monacensis as a cause of a tick bite. The patient reported a history of tick bites, most acute tickborne rickettsiosis in 2 humans. Its pathogenic recently 1 week before symptom onset. Blood cell counts role was assessed by culture and detection of the organism and other blood chemistry values were normal. MSF was in patients’ blood samples. This fi nding increases the num- ber of recognized human rickettsial pathogens and expands diagnosed, and oral doxycycline (100 mg/12 h for 10 d) the known geographic distribution of Mediterranean spotted was prescribed. -
Molecular Detection and Identification of Rickettsiales Pathogens in Dog Ticks from Costa Rica
Accepted Manuscript Title: Molecular detection and identification of Rickettsiales pathogens in dog ticks from Costa Rica Author: Liliana Campos-Calderon´ Leyda Abrego-S´ anchez´ Antony Solorzano-Morales´ Alberto Alberti Gessica Tore Rosanna Zobba Ana E. Jimenez-Rocha´ Gaby Dolz PII: S1877-959X(16)30120-0 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.07.015 Reference: TTBDIS 700 To appear in: Received date: 29-2-2016 Revised date: 1-7-2016 Accepted date: 24-7-2016 Please cite this article as: Campos-Calderon,´ Liliana, Abrego-S´ anchez,´ Leyda, Solorzano-Morales,´ Antony, Alberti, Alberto, Tore, Gessica, Zobba, Rosanna, Jimenez-Rocha,´ Ana E., Dolz, Gaby, Molecular detection and identification of Rickettsiales pathogens in dog ticks from Costa Rica.Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.07.015 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Molecular detection and identification of Rickettsiales pathogens in dog ticks from Costa Rica Liliana Campos-Calderóna, Leyda Ábrego-Sánchezb, Antony Solórzano- Moralesa, Alberto Albertic, Gessica Torec, Rosanna Zobbac, Ana E. Jiménez- Rochaa, Gaby Dolza,b,* aEscuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Campus Benjamín Núñez, Barreal de Heredia, Costa Rica ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected]). -
Rickettsia Sibirica Subsp. Mongolitimonae Infection And
LETTERS 8. Pawlotsky JM, Belec L, Gresenguet G, were otherwise within normal limits. for 10 days, under close surveillance. Deforges L, Bouvier M, Duval J, et al. No tick bite was reported by the pa- After 2 days of treatment, she was afe- High prevalence of hepatitis B, C and E markers in young sexually active adults tient, although she had been walking a brile and the rash completely resolved. from the Central African Republic. J Med few days before in Camargue (south- No obstetric complications occurred Virol. 1995;46:269–72. ern France). Serologic results for R. and she gave birth to a healthy boy at 9. Guthmann JP, Klovstad H, Boccia D, conorii, R. typhi, Brucella spp., Bor- term. Two years later, the right sco- Hamid N, Pinoges L, Nizou J, et al. A large outbreak of hepatitis E among dis- relia spp., and Coxiella burnetii were toma remained unchanged. placed population in Darfur, Sudan, 2004: negative. Serologic tests for rickettsiosis The role of water treatment methods. Clin One day after admission, she re- were performed with an acute-phase Infect Dis. 2006;42:1685–91. ported loss of vision (scotoma) in her serum sample and a convalescent- 10. Bile K, Isse A, Mohamud O, Allebeck P, Nilsson L, Norder H, et al. Contrasting right eye. She underwent a complete phase serum sample (1 month after roles of rivers and wells as sources of ophthalmic evaluation. Measurement onset of symptoms). Samples were drinking water on attack and fatality rates of visual acuity and results of a slit- sent to the World Health Organization in hepatitis E epidemic in Somalia.