Bacterial and protozoan agents found in Hyalomma aegyptium (L., 1758) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) collected from Testudo graeca L., 1758 (Reptilia: Testudines) in Corum Province of Turkey

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dc.authoridMumcuoglu, Kosta / 0000-0001-8125-6099
dc.authoridComba, Arzu / 0000-0001-9462-8998
dc.authoridKeskin, Adem / 0000-0002-1681-8363
dc.authoridTaylan Ozkan, Aysegul / 0000-0001-8421-3625
dc.authorwosidMumcuoglu, Kosta / AAY-2122-2020
dc.authorwosidComba, Arzu / AAI-4424-2021
dc.authorwosidKeskin, Adem / AAB-1909-2019
dc.authorwosidCelebi, Bekir / AAQ-7506-2020
dc.authorwosidTaylan Ozkan, Aysegul / B-9721-2016
dc.contributor.authorArslan Akveran, Gönül
dc.contributor.authorKarasartova, Djursun
dc.contributor.authorKeskin, Adem
dc.contributor.authorComba, Arzu
dc.contributor.authorÇelebi, Bekir
dc.contributor.authorMumcuoğlu, Kosta Yani
dc.contributor.authorTaylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-01T15:05:17Z
dc.date.available2021-11-01T15:05:17Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.department[Belirlenecek]
dc.description.abstractHyalomma aegyptium (L., 1758) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) is a hard tick and the main host for adults are Palearctic tortoises of the genus Testudo, while larvae and nymphs are less host-specific and nymphs also attach to humans. In the present study, a total of 261 H. aegyptium ticks were removed from 26 Testudo graeca L., 1758 in Corum Province of Turkey. The most prevalent pathogens identified molecularly in the ticks were Hemolivia mauritanica (51.9 %), followed by Rickettsia aeschlimannii (32.6 %), Ehrlichia spp. (30.2 %), and Bartonella bovis (0.8 %). All samples were negative for Coxiella burnetii, Francisella tularensis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia spp., Hepatozoon spp. and Theileria spp. Overall, 97.4 % of the examined adult ticks and 26.3 % of nymphs were infected with at least one pathogen, while 40.9 % of all ticks were infected with only one pathogen, 27.4 % with two pathogens, and 9.9 % with three pathogens, concomitantly. Overall, 80.8 % of the examined blood smears of tortoises were H. mauritanica-positive, and the mean intensity of parasitemia was 4.8 % (1-21). As a conclusion, since the examined tortoises were sampled in gardens and vineyards close to human habitation, and as a rela-tively large percentage of them were infested with ticks carrying pathogenic agents affecting also humans, the importance of tortoises, their ticks and pathogens in terms of the public health should be farther examined.
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkey Republic Hitit University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit [ALACA19003.16.001]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe are grateful to The Turkish Public Health Institution, Ankara for providing positive and negative control culture collections and to biologist Suleyman Yalcin for his help in PCR processing and to Dr. Selma Usluca for her help in the laboratory. This study was financed by Turkey Republic Hitit University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit (ALACA19003.16.001).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101458
dc.identifier.issn1877-959X
dc.identifier.issn1877-9603
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.pmid32389537
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85084390748
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11491/7205
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000552651000016
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorArslan Akveran, Gönül
dc.institutionauthorComba, Arzu
dc.institutionauthorKarasartova, Djursun
dc.institutionauthorTaylan Özkan, Hikmet Ayşegül
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Gmbh
dc.relation.ispartofTicks And Tick-Borne Diseases
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectHyalomma aegyptiumen_US
dc.subjectTestudo graecaen_US
dc.subjectHemolivia mauritanicaen_US
dc.subjectRickettsia aeschlimanniien_US
dc.subjectBartonella bovisen_US
dc.subjectEhrRlichia spp.en_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleBacterial and protozoan agents found in Hyalomma aegyptium (L., 1758) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) collected from Testudo graeca L., 1758 (Reptilia: Testudines) in Corum Province of Turkey
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