Detection of Babesia venatorum, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ixodes persulcatus ticks from Mongolia

Carolin Karnath; Anna Obiegala; Stephanie Speck; Sandra Essbauer; Henri Derschum; Holger Scholz; Daniel Kiefer; Damdindorj Tserennorov; Otgonbataar Dashdavaa; Nyamdorj Tsogbadrakh; Battsetseg Jigjav; Martin Pfeffer

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.007

Detection of Babesia venatorum, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ixodes persulcatus ticks from Mongolia

Carolin Karnath, Anna Obiegala, Stephanie Speck, Sandra Essbauer, Henri Derschum, Holger Scholz, Daniel Kiefer, Damdindorj Tserennorov, Otgonbataar Dashdavaa, Nyamdorj Tsogbadrakh, Battsetseg Jigjav, Martin Pfeffer

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Information about the prevalence and geographical distribution of tick-borne pathogens Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, and Babesia spp. is still rare in Mongolia. We tested 275 Ixodes persulcatus ticks for A. phagocytophilum, Cand. N. mikurensis and Babesia spp. and 125 Dermacentor nuttalli ticks especially for Babesia spp. using different PCR methods. Ticks were collected from three provinces (Selenge, Arkhangai, Khentii) in Mongolia. DNA of A. phagocytophilum, Cand. N. mikurensis and Babesia spp. were found with a prevalence of 6.2%, 1.5% and 3.3% in each case in I. persulcatus ticks. This is the first time Cand. N. mikurensis was found in ticks from Mongolia. Sequence analysis of Babesia spp.-positive amplicons showed exclusively B. venatorum, which had also not been mentioned in Mongolia before. On the contrary, all D. nuttalli ticks tested negatively for Babesia spp. This study demonstrates that all three zoonotic pathogens are present in I. persulcatus ticks in Mongolia, and justify the need for further investigations of a more detailed genetic characterization of these pathogens.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-360
Number of pages	4
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.007
State	Published - 1 Mar 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Babesia venatorum
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis
Dermacentor nuttalli
Ixodes persulcatus
Mongolia
Tick-borne pathogens

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Parasitology
Microbiology
Insect Science
Infectious Diseases

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Karnath, C., Obiegala, A., Speck, S., Essbauer, S., Derschum, H., Scholz, H., Kiefer, D., Tserennorov, D., Dashdavaa, O., Tsogbadrakh, N., Jigjav, B., & Pfeffer, M. (2016). Detection of Babesia venatorum, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ixodes persulcatus ticks from Mongolia. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 7(2), 357-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.007

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