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Brito-Lorán CB, Araiza-Rodríguez A, Garcés-Ayala F, Contreras-Pérez CU, Montes-Colima NA, López-Martínez I, Hernandez-Cortez C, Castro-Escarpulli G, Ramírez-González JE. Analysis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in Northern Mexico reveals genetic variability of Rickettsia rickettsii and the different distribution of genotypes. Int Microbiol 2024; 27:689-695. [PMID: 37646898 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-023-00424-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Rickettsioses have been reported in parts of Mexico since the last century, with Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) being one of the most prevalent in northern states. Unfortunately, fatality rates for RMSF in Mexico are higher than in other countries, like the USA. The reason for this difference in fatality rates is currently unknown and could be associated with a genotype of the bacterium, but no comparative molecular typing has been conducted in Mexico to date. The purpose of this study was to analyze 47 RMSF samples with different outcomes from several states in northern Mexico to know the genetic variability of Rickettsia rickettsii, as well as to reconstruct its phylogeny, for which the following intergenic regions were sequenced: RR0155-rpmB, cspA-ksgA, RR1240-tlc5, and Spo0J-abc T1, as well as the following partial genes: ompA, ompB, and gltA. We identified 8 genotypes with different distribution and prevalence among the states analyzed, as well as a different association with case outcome; these genotypes were clustered in 2 clades and 5 lineages were revealed, some of them probably exclusive from Mexico.
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- Carina Berenice Brito-Lorán
- Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica y Ambiental, Departamento de Bioquímica Microbiana, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Colonia Santo Tomás, Miguel Hidalgo, 011340, México City, México
- Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE) "Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez", Secretaría de Salud, Francisco de P. Miranda 177, Lomas de Plateros, Álvaro Obregón, 01480, Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE) "Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez", Secretaría de Salud, Francisco de P. Miranda 177, Lomas de Plateros, Álvaro Obregón, 01480, Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE) "Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez", Secretaría de Salud, Francisco de P. Miranda 177, Lomas de Plateros, Álvaro Obregón, 01480, Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE) "Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez", Secretaría de Salud, Francisco de P. Miranda 177, Lomas de Plateros, Álvaro Obregón, 01480, Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE) "Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez", Secretaría de Salud, Francisco de P. Miranda 177, Lomas de Plateros, Álvaro Obregón, 01480, Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE) "Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez", Secretaría de Salud, Francisco de P. Miranda 177, Lomas de Plateros, Álvaro Obregón, 01480, Mexico City, México
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica y Ambiental, Departamento de Bioquímica Microbiana, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Colonia Santo Tomás, Miguel Hidalgo, 011340, México City, México
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica y Ambiental, Departamento de Bioquímica Microbiana, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Colonia Santo Tomás, Miguel Hidalgo, 011340, México City, México.
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- Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE) "Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez", Secretaría de Salud, Francisco de P. Miranda 177, Lomas de Plateros, Álvaro Obregón, 01480, Mexico City, México.
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Paludo RLDR, Paula WVDF, Neves LC, de Paula LGF, de Lima NJ, da Silva BBF, Pereira BG, Pádua GT, Dantas-Torres F, Labruna MB, Martins TF, Sponchiado J, de Sousa-Paula LC, Hannibal W, Krawczak FDS. Rickettsial Infection in Ticks from a National Park in the Cerrado Biome, Midwestern Brazil. Pathogens 2023; 13:13. [PMID: 38251322 PMCID: PMC10818336 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens13010013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
Abstract
This study was carried out from February 2020 to September 2021 in Parque Nacional das Emas (PNE), a national park located in the Cerrado biome, midwestern Brazil, as well as in surrounding rural properties. Serum and tick samples were collected from dogs, terrestrial small mammals, and humans. Ticks were also collected from the environment. Dogs were infested with Rhipicephalus linnaei adults, whereas small mammals were infested by immature stages of Amblyomma spp., Amblyomma triste, Amblyomma dubitatum, and Amblyomma coelebs. Ticks collected from vegetation belonged to several species of the genus Amblyomma, including A. coelebs, A. dubitatum, Amblyomma naponense, Amblyomma sculptum, and A. triste. Two Rickettsia species were molecularly detected in ticks: Rickettsia parkeri in A. triste from the vegetation and a Rickettsia sp. (designated Rickettsia sp. strain PNE) in A. sculptum and A. triste collected from lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris). Based on short gltA gene fragments, this rickettsial organism showed 99.7-100% to Rickettsia tillamookensis. Seroreactivity to Rickettsia antigens was detected in 21.9% of dogs, 15.4% of small mammals, and 23.5% of humans. The present study reveals the richness of ticks and demonstrates the circulation of rickettsial agents in one of the largest conservation units in the Cerrado biome in Brazil. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a rickettsial phylogenetically related to R. tillamookensis in Brazil.
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- Raquel Loren dos Reis Paludo
- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
- Centro Universitário de Mineiros—UNIFIMES, Mineiros 75833-130, Brazil
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- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
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- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
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- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
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- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
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- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
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- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
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- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
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- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto Ageu Magalhães—IAM, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife 50740-465, Brazil;
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo—USP, São Paulo 05508-270, Brazil; (M.B.L.); (T.F.M.)
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo—USP, São Paulo 05508-270, Brazil; (M.B.L.); (T.F.M.)
- Instituto Pasteur, Área Técnica de Doenças Vinculadas a Vetores e Hospedeiros Intermediários, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo, São Paulo 01027-000, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Farroupilha, Campus Alegrete, Alegrete 97541-000, Brazil;
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- Tick-Pathogen Transmission Unit, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA;
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Biogeografia de Mamíferos, Universidade Estadual de Goiás—UEG, Quirinópolis 75860-000, Brazil;
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- Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás—UFG, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil; (R.L.d.R.P.); (W.V.d.F.P.); (L.C.N.); (L.G.F.d.P.); (N.J.d.L.); (B.B.F.d.S.); (B.G.P.); (G.T.P.)
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Alieva EE, Gafarova MT, Bondarenko EI, Dovgan IA, Osiptchuk II, Eremeeva ME. Use of eschar swab DNA to diagnose Rickettsia conorii subspecies conorii infection in Crimea: A case report. INFECTIOUS MEDICINE 2023; 2:338-342. [PMID: 38205177 PMCID: PMC10774657 DOI: 10.1016/j.imj.2023.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) has been diagnosed clinically in the Crimean Peninsula since the 1930s. We describe the recent illness of an elderly patient from Crimea who had developed a classic triad of MSF symptoms consisting of fever, maculopapular rash, and eschar. Clinical diagnosis of rickettsiosis was confirmed using real-time PCR and sequencing of 4 Rickettsia protein genes. The strain causing clinical illness was characterized as Rickettsia conorii subspecies conorii Malish 7. This report corroborates the utility of eschar swab material as a source of DNA for PCR-based diagnostics that enables timely patient treatment and management.
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- Emine E. Alieva
- Federal State Budgetary Institution ‘N.I. Pirogov Saki Military Clinical Sanatorium’, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Saki 296500, Russia
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- S.I. Georgievsky Medical Academy (Academic Unit), V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol 295051, Russia
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- Federal State Budgetary Institution ‘N.I. Pirogov Saki Military Clinical Sanatorium’, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Saki 296500, Russia
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- Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458, USA
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Gafarova MT, Eremeeva ME. History and Current Status of Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) in the Crimean Peninsula and Neighboring Regions along the Black Sea Coast. Pathogens 2023; 12:1161. [PMID: 37764969 PMCID: PMC10536518 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12091161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a tick-borne rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia conorii subspecies conorii and transmitted to humans by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. The disease was first discovered in Tunisia in 1910 and was subsequently reported from other Mediterranean countries. The first cases of MSF in the former Soviet Union were detected in 1936 on the Crimean Peninsula. This review summarizes the historic information and main features of MSF in that region and contemporary surveillance and control efforts for this rickettsiosis. Current data pertinent to the epidemiology of the disease, circulation of the ticks and distribution of animal hosts are discussed and compared for each of the countries in the Black Sea basin where MSF occurs.
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- Muniver T. Gafarova
- S.I. Georgievsky Medical Academy (Academic Unit), V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, 295051 Simferopol, Russia
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- Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458, USA
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Krishnamoorthi S, Goel S, Kaur J, Bisht K, Biswal M. A Review of Rickettsial Diseases Other Than Scrub Typhus in India. Trop Med Infect Dis 2023; 8:tropicalmed8050280. [PMID: 37235328 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8050280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Rickettsial diseases (RD) are widely reported all over the world. Scrub typhus (ST) is a major tropical infection which is well documented all over India. Therefore, the index of suspicion of scrub typhus is high among physicians with regard to patients presenting with acute febrile illness (AFI) and acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) in India. Rickettsial diseases other than ST (non-ST RDs), which include spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses and typhus group (TG) rickettsioses are not uncommon in India, but the index of suspicion is not as high as ST unless there is a history of the presence of fever with rashes and/or recent arthropod bites. This review aims to look into the Indian scenario on the epidemiology of non-ST RDs, especially the SFG and TG rickettsioses based on various investigations, spectrum of clinical presentation, challenges and gaps in knowledge to suspect and diagnose these infections.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
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Molecular Evidence for Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis in Febrile Patients from Madagascar. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10111482. [PMID: 34832637 PMCID: PMC8621948 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10111482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Rickettsiae may cause febrile infections in humans in tropical and subtropical regions. From Madagascar, no molecular data on the role of rickettsioses in febrile patients are available. Blood samples from patients presenting with fever in the area of the capital Antananarivo were screened for the presence of rickettsial DNA. EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) blood from 1020 patients presenting with pyrexia > 38.5 °C was analyzed by gltA-specific qPCR. Positive samples were confirmed by ompB-specific qPCR. From confirmed samples, the gltA amplicons were sequenced and subjected to phylogenetic analysis. From five gltA-reactive samples, two were confirmed by ompB-specific qPCR. The gltA sequence in the sample taken from a 38-year-old female showed 100% homology with R. typhi. The other sample taken from a 1.5-year-old infant was 100% homologous to R. felis. Tick-borne rickettsiae were not identified. The overall rate of febrile patients with molecular evidence for a rickettsial infection from the Madagascan study site was 0.2% (2/1020 patients). Flea-borne rickettsiosis is a rare but neglected cause of infection in Madagascar. Accurate diagnosis may prompt adequate antimicrobial treatment.
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Phylogenetic Differentiation of Rickettsia parkeri Reveals Broad Dispersal and Distinct Clustering within North American Strains. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0141721. [PMID: 34643451 PMCID: PMC8515929 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01417-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The tick-borne pathogen Rickettsia parkeri causes a mild rickettsiosis, with cases reported from several countries to its known distribution in the Americas. Molecular analyses have identified a clear distinction between strains of R. parkeri sensu stricto (s. s.) and R. parkeri sensu lato (s. l.) as well as separation between North American and South American R. parkeri s. s. strains. To expand on this previous work, we developed a multilocus sequence typing analysis with two aims: first, to investigate the genetic diversity within strains of North American R. parkeri s. s., and second, to further the understanding of the genetic relationships between R. parkeri s. s. and R. parkeri s. l. Sixty-four R. parkeri isolates and 12 R. parkeri-positive tick lysates were analyzed using a novel typing scheme consisting of four coding regions and two intergenic regions. A concatenated Bayesian phylogeny that identified eight clades was constructed: three represent the R. parkeri s. l. strains, and five represent the R. parkeri s. s. strains. The clades appear to be generally phylogeographically organized and associated with specific tick vectors. However, while one of the four R. parkeri s. s. North American clades appears to be limited to the southwestern United States, the other North American clades exhibit broad dispersal, most notably seen in the largest group, which includes representative samples extending from northern Mexico to Delaware. This work highlights the increasingly recognized geographic range of R. parkeri in the Americas and suggests a potential public health risk for these areas. IMPORTANCE Since 1937, when Rickettsia parkeri was originally identified in Amblyomma maculatum group ticks, the recognized range and associated vectors for this pathogen have expanded significantly. In recent years, R. parkeri has been identified in 12 tick species from seven countries in the Americas. Herein, we provide evidence that the greatest genetic diversity within R. parkeri exists in North America, where one R. parkeri sensu lato and four R. parkeri sensu stricto genotypes are present. While one distinct R. parkeri sensu stricto genotype exists only in the southwestern United States, three genotypes are broadly distributed in the eastern United States, with the largest of these found across the known range of R. parkeri in North America. In contrast, the South American R. parkeri sensu stricto samples represent a single genotype and are completely clonal at the loci analyzed, irrespective of their country of origin.
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Deidda F, Bozzi Cionci N, Cordovana M, Campedelli I, Fracchetti F, Di Gioia D, Ambretti S, Pane M. Bifidobacteria Strain Typing by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:692975. [PMID: 34589064 PMCID: PMC8473902 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.692975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, a technology traditionally used in chemistry to determine the molecular composition of a wide range of sample types, has gained growing interest in microbial typing. It is based on the different vibrational modes of the covalent bonds between atoms of a given sample, as bacterial cells, induced by the absorption of infrared radiation. This technique has been largely used for the study of pathogenic species, especially in the clinical field, and has been proposed also for the typing at different subspecies levels. The high throughput, speed, low cost, and simplicity make FTIR spectroscopy an attractive technique also for industrial applications, in particular, for probiotics. The aim of this study was to compare FTIR spectroscopy with established genotyping methods, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), whole-genome sequencing (WGS), and multilocus sequence typing (MLST), in order to highlight the FTIR spectroscopy potential discriminatory power at strain level. Our study focused on bifidobacteria, an important group of intestinal commensals generally recognized as probiotics. For their properties in promoting and maintaining health, bifidobacteria are largely marketed by the pharmaceutical, food, and dairy industries. Strains belonging to Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis were taken into consideration together with some additional type strains. For B. longum subsp. longum, it was possible to discriminate the strains with all the methods used. Although two isolates were shown to be strictly phylogenetically related, constituting a unique cluster, based on PFGE, WGS, and MLST, no clustering was observed with FTIR. For B. animalis subsp. lactis group, PFGE, WGS, and MLST were non-discriminatory, and only one strain was easily distinguished. On the other hand, FTIR discriminated all the isolates one by one, and no clustering was observed. According to these results, FTIR analysis is not only equivalent to PFGE, WGS, and MLST, but also for some strains, in particular, for B. animalis subsp. lactis group, more informative, being able to differentiate strains not discernible with the other two methods based on phenotypic variations likely deriving from certain genetic changes. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy has highlighted the possibility of using the cell surface as a kind of barcode making tracing strains possible, representing an important aspect in probiotic applications. Furthermore, this work constitutes the first investigation on bifidobacterial strain typing using FTIR spectroscopy.
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Microbiology Unit-University Hospital of Bologna Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Probiotical Research S.r.L., Novara, Italy
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Constantinou A, Kanti V, Polak-Witka K, Blume-Peytavi U, Spyrou GM, Vogt A. The Potential Relevance of the Microbiome to Hair Physiology and Regeneration: The Emerging Role of Metagenomics. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9030236. [PMID: 33652789 PMCID: PMC7996884 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9030236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Human skin and hair follicles are recognized sites of microbial colonization. These microbiota help regulate host immune mechanisms via an interplay between microbes and immune cells, influencing homeostasis and inflammation. Bacteria affect immune responses by controlling the local inflammatory milieu, the breakdown of which can result in chronic inflammatory disorders. Follicular microbiome shifts described in some inflammatory cutaneous diseases suggest a link between their development or perpetuation and dysbiosis. Though the hair follicle infundibulum is an area of intense immunological interactions, bulb and bulge regions represent immune-privileged niches. Immune privilege maintenance seems essential for hair growth and regeneration, as collapse and inflammation characterize inflammatory hair disorders like alopecia areata and primary cicatricial alopecia. Current research largely focuses on immunological aberrations. However, studies suggest that external stimuli and interactions across the follicular epithelium can have profound effects on the local immune system, homeostasis, and cycling. Herein, we review hair follicle bacterial colonization, its possible effects on the underlying tissue, and links to the pathogenesis of alopecia, beyond the pure investigation of specific species abundance. As skin microbiology enters the metagenomics era, multi-dimensional approaches will enable a new level of investigations on the effects of microorganisms and metabolism on host tissue.
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- Andria Constantinou
- Charité-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universitaet Berlin and Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (A.C.); (V.K.); (K.P.-W.); (U.B.-P.)
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- Charité-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universitaet Berlin and Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (A.C.); (V.K.); (K.P.-W.); (U.B.-P.)
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- Charité-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universitaet Berlin and Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (A.C.); (V.K.); (K.P.-W.); (U.B.-P.)
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- Charité-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universitaet Berlin and Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (A.C.); (V.K.); (K.P.-W.); (U.B.-P.)
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- Bioinformatics ERA Chair, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, 6 Iroon Avenue, 2371 Ayios Dometios, Nicosia, Cyprus;
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- Charité-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universitaet Berlin and Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (A.C.); (V.K.); (K.P.-W.); (U.B.-P.)
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Sharma A, Kaur J, Lee S, Park YS. Tracking of deliberately inoculated Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lactobacillus brevis in kimchi. Food Sci Biotechnol 2020; 29:817-824. [PMID: 32523791 DOI: 10.1007/s10068-019-00719-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to track intentionally inoculated Leuconostoc mesenteroides (11251) and Lactobacillus brevis (B151) strains in kimchi using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), repetitive element palindromic PCR (rep-PCR), and comparative housekeeping gene sequences analysis. The 16S rRNA gene provided species-level information for 30 colonies randomly picked from kimchi inoculated with strains 11251 and B151. Out of 30 colonies, one colony was matched to strain 11251, and two colonies were found identical to strain B151 reference strain in inoculated kimchi. Notably, among the three tools, strain 11251 was best tracked by comparative gene sequence analysis, while strain B151 tracked by all three tools. Our results suggest that the gene sequence analysis is a more reliable tool for tracking of desired strains than RAPD and rep-PCR. Based on the findings, it is recommended that gene sequence analysis could be used to avoid misuse of industrially useful strains within the growing food industry.
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- Anshul Sharma
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120 Republic of Korea
- Research Group of Healthcare, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju, 55365 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120 Republic of Korea
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Evolutionary Diversity in the Intracellular Microsporidian Parasite Nosema sp. Infecting Wild Silkworm Revealed by IGS Nucleotide Sequence Diversity. J Mol Evol 2020; 88:345-360. [PMID: 32166385 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-020-09936-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Intracellular microsporidian Nosema mylitta infects Indian wild silkworm Antheraea mylitta causing pebrine disease. Genetic structure and phylogeny of N. mylitta are analysed using nucleotide variability in 5S ribosomal DNA and intergenic spacer (IGS) sequence from 20 isolates collected from Southern, Northern and Central regions of Jharkhand State. Nucleotide diversity (π) and genetic differentiation Gst were highest in the Central isolates whereas lowest in the North. Among the isolates, absence of nucleotides, transitions and transversions were observed. Haplotyping showed nucleotide variability at 83 positions in IGS and 13 positions in 5S rDNA. Haplotype-based genetic differentiation was 0.96 to 0.97 whereas nucleotide sequence-based genetic differentiation was higher (Ks = 22.29) between Southern and Central isolates. Bottleneck analysis showed negative value for Tajima's D and other summary statistics revealing induction of loss of rare alleles and population explosion. From IGS, 17 ancestral sequences were inferred by Network algorithm. Core of nine closely related nodes having ancient nucleotides and peripheral nodes with highly divergent nucleotides were derived. Most diverged peripheral haplotype was Bero (H11) from the Central region whereas Deoghar (H3) of the Northern region diverged early. Phylogeny of N. mylitta grouped Southern and Northern isolates together revealed weak phylogenetic signal for these locations. Phylogeny of N. mylitta with Nosema sp. infecting other lepidopterans clustered N. mylitta isolates with N. antheraea and N. philosamiae of China indicating genetic similarity whereas other species were dissimilar showing diversity irrespective of country of origin.
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Alowaysi M, Chen J, Stark S, Teague K, LaCourse M, Proctor J, Vigil K, Corrigan J, Harding A, Li J, Kurtti T, Zhong J. Isolation and characterization of a Rickettsia from the ovary of a Western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2019; 10:918-923. [PMID: 31056486 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A rickettsial isolate was obtained from a partially engorged Ixodes pacificus female, which was collected from Humboldt County, California. The isolate was provisionally named Rickettsia endosymbiont Ixodes pacificus (REIP). The REIP isolate displayed the highest nucleotide sequence identity to Rickettsia species phylotype G021 in I. pacificus (99%, 99%, and 100% for ompA, 16S rRNA, and gltA, respectively), a bacterium that was previously identified in I. pacifiucs by PCR. Analysis of sequences from complete opening frames of five genes, 16S rRNA, gltA, ompA, ompB, and sca4, provided inference to the bacteria's classification among other Rickettsia species. The REIP isolate displayed 99.8%, 99.4%, 99.2%, 99.5%, and 99.6% nucleotide sequence identity for 16S rRNA, gltA, ompA, ompB, and sca4 gene, respectively, with genes of 'R. monacensis' str. IrR/Munich, indicating the REIP isolate is closely related to 'R. monacensis'. Our suggestion was further supported by phylogenetic analysis using concatenated sequences of 16S rRNA, gltA, ompA, ompB, and sca4 genes, concatenated sequences of dksA-xerC, mppA-purC, and rpmE-tRNAfMet intergenic spacer regions. Both phylogenetic trees implied that the REIP isolate is most closely related to 'R. monacensis' str. IrR/Munich. We propose the bacterium be considered as 'Rickettsia monacensis' str. Humboldt for its closest phylogenetic relative (=DSM 103975 T = ATCC TSD-94 T).
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- Maryam Alowaysi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA.
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Diop A, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Rickettsial genomics and the paradigm of genome reduction associated with increased virulence. Microbes Infect 2018; 20:401-409. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2017.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fournier PE, Drancourt M, Raoult D. New Laboratory Tools for Emerging Bacterial Challenges. Clin Infect Dis 2018; 65:S39-S49. [PMID: 28859351 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Since its creation, the Méditerranée-Infection foundation has aimed at optimizing the management of infectious diseases and surveying the local and global epidemiology. This pivotal role was permitted by the development of rational sampling, point-of-care tests, and extended automation as well as new technologies, including mass spectrometry for colony identification, real-time genomics for isolate characterization, and the development of versatile and permissive culture systems. By identifying and characterizing emerging microbial pathogens, these developments provided significant breakthroughs in infectious diseases.
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- Pierre-Edouard Fournier
- URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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- URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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- URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Genotypic Characterization of Rickettsia bellii Reveals Distinct Lineages in the United States and South America. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 2018:8505483. [PMID: 29850579 PMCID: PMC5911327 DOI: 10.1155/2018/8505483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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The bacterium Rickettsia bellii belongs to a basal group of rickettsiae that diverged prior to the pathogenic spotted fever group and typhus group Rickettsia species. Despite a diverse representation of R. bellii across more than 25 species of hard and soft ticks in the American continent, phylogeographical relationships among strains of this basal group-Rickettsia species are unknown; the work described here explores these relationships. DNA was extracted from 30 R. bellii tick isolates: 15 from the United States, 14 from Brazil, and 1 from Argentina. A total of 2,269 aligned nucleotide sites of 3 protein coding genes (gltA, atpA, and coxA) and 2 intergenic regions (rpmE-tRNAfmet and RC1027-xthA2) were concatenated and subjected to phylogenetic analysis by Bayesian methods. Results showed a separation of almost all isolates between North and South Americas, suggesting that they have radiated within their respective continents. Phylogenetic positions of the 30 isolates could be a result of not only their geographical origin but also the tick hosts they have coevolved with. Whether R. bellii originated with ticks in North or South America remains obscure, as our analyses did not show evidence for greater genetic divergence of R. bellii in either continent.
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Phylogenetic Evidence for the Existence of Multiple Strains of Rickettsia parkeri in the New World. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:AEM.02872-17. [PMID: 29439989 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02872-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bacterium Rickettsia parkeri has been reported to infect ticks of the "Amblyomma maculatum species complex" in the New World, where it causes spotted fever illness in humans. In South America, three additional rickettsial strains, namely, Atlantic rainforest, NOD, and Parvitarsum, have been isolated from the ticks Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma nodosum, and Amblyomma parvitarsum, respectively. These three strains are phylogenetically closely related to R. parkeri, Rickettsia africae, and Rickettsia sibirica Herein, we performed a robust phylogenetic analysis encompassing 5 genes (gltA, ompA, virB4, dnaA, and dnaK) and 3 intergenic spacers (mppE-pur, rrl-rrf-ITS, and rpmE-tRNAfMet) from 41 rickettsial isolates, including different isolates of R. parkeri, R. africae, R. sibirica, Rickettsia conorii, and strains Atlantic rainforest, NOD, and Parvitarsum. In our phylogenetic analyses, all New World isolates grouped in a major clade distinct from the Old World Rickettsia species (R. conorii, R. sibirica, and R. africae). This New World clade was subdivided into the following 4 clades: the R. parkerisensu stricto clade, comprising the type strain Maculatum 20 and all other isolates of R. parkeri from North and South America, associated with ticks of the A. maculatum species complex; the strain NOD clade, comprising two South American isolates from A. nodosum ticks; the Parvitarsum clade, comprising two South American isolates from A. parvitarsum ticks; and the strain Atlantic rainforest clade, comprising six South American isolates from the A. ovale species complex (A. ovale or Amblyomma aureolatum). Under such evidences, we propose that strains Atlantic rainforest, NOD, and Parvitarsum are South American strains of R. parkeriIMPORTANCE Since the description of Rickettsia parkeri infecting ticks of the "Amblyomma maculatum species complex" and humans in the New World, three novel phylogenetic close-related rickettsial isolates were reported in South America. Herein, we provide genetic evidence that these novel isolates, namely, strains Atlantic rainforest, NOD, and Parvitarsum, are South American strains of R. parkeri. Interestingly, each of these R. parkeri strains seems to be primarily associated with a tick species group, namely, R. parkerisensu stricto with the "Amblyomma maculatum species group," R. parkeri strain NOD with Amblyomma nodosum, R. parkeri strain Parvitarsum with Amblyomma parvitarsum, and R. parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest with the "Amblyomma ovale species group." Such rickettsial strain-tick species specificity suggests a coevolution of each tick-strain association. Finally, because R. parkerisensu stricto and R. parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest are human pathogens, the potential of R. parkeri strains NOD and Parvitarsum to be human pathogens cannot be discarded.
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Vanegas A, Keller C, Krüger A, Manchang TK, Hagen RM, Frickmann H, Veit A, Achukwi MD, Krücken J, Poppert S. Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Cameroon. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2018; 9:1049-1056. [PMID: 29636236 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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In western and eastern Africa, rickettsioses are one cause of fever in humans. Little is known regarding the presence of Rickettsia sp. in northern Cameroon. The present work was conducted in order to identify potential tick-borne spotted fever group Rickettsia in the Adamawa region of northern Cameroon, which may contribute filling some of the knowledge gaps of these pathogens. Ticks were collected from cattle in the municipal slaughterhouse of Ngaoundere in the Adamawa region of northern Cameroon. After morphological identification of tick species, extracted DNA was analyzed by PCR targeting the rickettsial ompB gene and the intergenic spacers dksA-xerC, mppA-purC and rpmE-tRNAfMet. Of the 316 adult ticks collected, 149 (47.1%) were Amblyomma variegatum, 92 (29%) Rhipicephalus spp. and 75 (23.7%) Hyalomma spp. Through the use of conventional PCR assays for the rickettsial ompB gene, rickettsial DNA was detected in 104 (32.9%) samples (85 Amblyomma sp., 14 Hyalomma spp. and 5 Rhipicephalus spp.). The ompB gene and the three intergenic were sequenced for 10 ticks in order to determine the rickettsial species. Rickettsia africae was detected in Amblyomma variegatum, Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hyalomma rufipes and Hyalomma truncatum, Rickettsia sibirica in H. truncatum, Rickettsia massiliae in Rhipicephalus lunulatus and Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae in R. lunulatus. To the best of the author's knowledge, this report represents the first molecular evidence of rickettsial infection in ticks in the Adamawa region of northern Cameroon, which suggests a possible exposure of the human population in this region.
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- Andrea Vanegas
- Department of Dermatology, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, Lesserstr. 180, 22049 Hamburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Veterinary Research Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Wakwa Regional Center, B.P. 65 Ngaoundere, Cameroon.
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- Department of Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Veterinary Research Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Wakwa Regional Center, B.P. 65 Ngaoundere, Cameroon.
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- Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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Cicala F, Moore JD, Cáceres-Martínez J, Del Río-Portilla MA, Hernández-Rodríguez M, Vásquez-Yeomans R, Rocha-Olivares A. Monomorphic pathogens: The case of Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis from abalone in California, USA and Baja California, Mexico. J Invertebr Pathol 2018; 154:19-23. [PMID: 29577877 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2018.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Withering syndrome (WS) is a chronic wasting disease affecting abalone species attributed to the pathogen Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis (CXc). Wild populations of blue (Haliotis fulgens) and yellow (H. corrugata) abalone have experienced unusual mortality rates since 2009 off the peninsula of Baja California and WS has been hypothesized as a possible cause. Currently, little information is available about the genetic diversity of CXc and particularly the possible existence of strains differing in pathogenicity. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, we characterized five coding genes from this rickettsial pathogen. Here, we analyze those genes and two additional intergenic non-coding regions following multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and multi-spacer typing (MST) approaches to assess the genetic variability of CXc and its relationship with blue, yellow and red (H. rufescens) abalone. Moreover, we used 16S rRNA pyrosequencing reads from gut microbiomes of blue and yellow abalone to complete the genetic characterization of this prokaryote. The presence of CXc was investigated in more than 150 abalone of the three species; furthermore, a total of 385 DNA sequences and 7117 16S rRNA reads from Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis were used to evaluate its population genetic structure. Our findings suggest the absence of polymorphism in the DNA sequences of analyzed loci and the presence of a single lineage of CXc infecting abalone from California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico). We posit that the absence of genetic variably in this marine rickettsia may be the result of evolutionary and ecological processes.
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- Francesco Cicala
- Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Oceanography, CICESE, Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada km 3918, Ensenada, Baja California 22860, Mexico
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California at Davis, P.O. Box 247, Bodega Bay, CA, USA
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- Department of Aquaculture, CICESE, Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada km 3918, Ensenada Baja California 22860, Mexico
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- Department of Aquaculture, CICESE, Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada km 3918, Ensenada Baja California 22860, Mexico
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- Department of Aquaculture, CICESE, Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada km 3918, Ensenada Baja California 22860, Mexico
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- Department of Aquaculture, CICESE, Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada km 3918, Ensenada Baja California 22860, Mexico
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- Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Oceanography, CICESE, Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada km 3918, Ensenada, Baja California 22860, Mexico.
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Gualtieri L, Nugnes F, Nappo AG, Gebiola M, Bernardo U. Life inside a gall: closeness does not favour horizontal transmission of Rickettsia between a gall wasp and its parasitoid. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2017; 93:3934658. [PMID: 28854679 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The incidence of horizontal transmission as a route for spreading symbiont infections is still being debated, but a common view is that horizontal transfers require intimate between-species relationships. Here we study a system that meets ideal requirements for horizontal transmission: the gall wasp Leptocybe invasa and its parasitoid Quadrastichus mendeli (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). These wasps belong to the same subfamily, spend most of their lives inside the same minute gall and are both infected by Rickettsia, a maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria that infects several arthropods, sometimes manipulating their reproduction, like inducing thelytokous parthenogenesis in L. invasa. Despite intimate contact, close phylogenetic relationship and the parasitoid's host specificity, we show that host and parasitoid do not share the same Rickettsia. We provide indirect evidence that Rickettsia infecting Q. mendeli may be inducing thelytokous parthenogenesis, as the symbiont is densely present in the reproductive apparatus and is vertically transmitted. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S and gltA placed this symbiont in the leech group. The confirmed and presumed parthenogenesis-inducing Rickettsia discovered so far only infect eulophid wasps, and belong to three different groups, suggesting multiple independent evolution of the parthenogenesis inducing phenotype. We also show some degree of cospeciation between Rickettsia and their eulophid hosts.
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- Liberata Gualtieri
- CNR, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, SS of Portici, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici (NA), Italy. Tel: +39-081-7753658-19; E-mail:
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Akter A, Ooka T, Gotoh Y, Yamamoto S, Fujita H, Terasoma F, Kida K, Taira M, Nakadouzono F, Gokuden M, Hirano M, Miyashiro M, Inari K, Shimazu Y, Tabara K, Toyoda A, Yoshimura D, Itoh T, Kitano T, Sato MP, Katsura K, Mondal SI, Ogura Y, Ando S, Hayashi T. Extremely Low Genomic Diversity of Rickettsia japonica Distributed in Japan. Genome Biol Evol 2017; 9:124-133. [PMID: 28057731 PMCID: PMC5381555 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that have small genomes as a result of reductive evolution. Many Rickettsia species of the spotted fever group (SFG) cause tick-borne diseases known as “spotted fevers”. The life cycle of SFG rickettsiae is closely associated with that of the tick, which is generally thought to act as a bacterial vector and reservoir that maintains the bacterium through transstadial and transovarial transmission. Each SFG member is thought to have adapted to a specific tick species, thus restricting the bacterial distribution to a relatively limited geographic region. These unique features of SFG rickettsiae allow investigation of how the genomes of such biologically and ecologically specialized bacteria evolve after genome reduction and the types of population structures that are generated. Here, we performed a nationwide, high-resolution phylogenetic analysis of Rickettsia japonica, an etiological agent of Japanese spotted fever that is distributed in Japan and Korea. The comparison of complete or nearly complete sequences obtained from 31 R. japonica strains isolated from various sources in Japan over the past 30 years demonstrated an extremely low level of genomic diversity. In particular, only 34 single nucleotide polymorphisms were identified among the 27 strains of the major lineage containing all clinical isolates and tick isolates from the three tick species. Our data provide novel insights into the biology and genome evolution of R. japonica, including the possibilities of recent clonal expansion and a long generation time in nature due to the long dormant phase associated with tick life cycles.
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- Arzuba Akter
- Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Mahara Institute of Medical Acarology, Tokushima, Japan
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- Wakayama Prefectural Research Center of Environment and Public Health, Wakayama, Japan
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- Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health, Okayama, Japan
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- Kagoshima Prefectural Institute for Environmental Research and Public Health, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima Prefectural Institute for Environmental Research and Public Health, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Seihi Public Health Center of Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Fukuoka City Institute for Health and Environment, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Mahara Institute of Medical Acarology, Tokushima, Japan
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- Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute, Public Health and Environment Center, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Health and Welfare, Shimane Prefectural Government, Shimane, Japan
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- Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Virology-1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Ndeereh D, Thaiyah A, Muchemi G, Miyunga AA. Molecular surveillance of spotted fever group rickettsioses in wildlife and detection of <i>Rickettsia sibirica</i> in a Topi (<i>Damaliscus lunatus</i> ssp. <i>jimela</i>) in Kenya. Onderstepoort J Vet Res 2017; 84:e1-e7. [PMID: 28155284 PMCID: PMC6238814 DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v84i1.1265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Spotted fever group rickettsioses are a group of tick-borne zoonotic diseases caused by intracellular bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. The diseases are widely reported amongst international travellers returning from most sub-Saharan Africa with fever, yet their importance in local populations largely remains unknown. Although this has started to change and recently there have been increasing reports of the diseases in livestock, ticks and humans in Kenya, they have not been investigated in wildlife. We examined the presence, prevalence and species of Rickettsia present in wildlife in two regions of Kenya with a unique human–wildlife–livestock interface. For this purpose, 79 wild animals in Laikipia County and 73 in Maasai Mara National Reserve were sampled. DNA extracted from blood was tested using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the intergenic spacer rpmE-tRNAfMet and the citrate synthase-encoding gene gltA. Rickettsial DNA was detected in 2 of the 79 (2.5%) animals in Laikipia and 4 of the 73 (5.5%) in Maasai Mara. The PCR-positive amplicons of the gltA gene were sequenced to determine the detected Rickettsia species. This revealed Rickettsia sibirica in a Topi (Damaliscus lunatus ssp. jimela). This is the first report of spotted fever group rickettsioses in wildlife and the first to report R. sibirica in Kenya. The finding demonstrates the potential role of wild animals in the circulation of the diseases.
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- David Ndeereh
- Department of Veterinary Services, Kenya Wildlife Service.
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Multi-spacer typing as an effective method to distinguish the clonal lineage of Clostridium butyricum strains isolated from stool samples during a series of necrotizing enterocolitis cases. J Hosp Infect 2016; 95:300-305. [PMID: 27988045 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating gastrointestinal disease with high morbidity and mortality that predominantly affects preterm neonates during outbreaks. In a previous study, the present authors identified 15 Clostridium butyricum isolates from stool samples during a series of NEC cases involving four neonatal intensive care units. A clonal lineage of these strains was observed by in-silico multi-locus sequence typing. AIM To confirm the previous findings by sequencing a larger number of C. butyricum genomes and using other genotyping approaches. METHODS The previously isolated 15 C. butyricum strains were characterized and compared with 17 other commensal and environmental C. butyricum strains using whole-genome sequencing (WGS). In addition, the clustering was analysed using multi-spacer sequence typing (MST). FINDINGS The core genome of C. butyricum was composed of 1251 genes, and its pan-genome consisted of 12,628 genes with high variability between strains. It was possible to distinguish the clonal lineage of strains from a series of NEC cases, forming three clades with geographical clustering. The results obtained using WGS and MST approaches were congruent. CONCLUSION MST is a fast, cheap and effective genotyping method for investigating NEC outbreaks associated with C. butyricum.
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Kakumanu ML, Ponnusamy L, Sutton HT, Meshnick SR, Nicholson WL, Apperson CS. Development and Validation of an Improved PCR Method Using the 23S-5S Intergenic Spacer for Detection of Rickettsiae in Dermacentor variabilis Ticks and Tissue Samples from Humans and Laboratory Animals. J Clin Microbiol 2016; 54:972-9. [PMID: 26818674 PMCID: PMC4809929 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02605-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A novel nested PCR assay was developed to detectRickettsiaspp. in ticks and tissue samples from humans and laboratory animals. Primers were designed for the nested run to amplify a variable region of the 23S-5S intergenic spacer (IGS) ofRickettsiaspp. The newly designed primers were evaluated using genomic DNA from 11Rickettsiaspecies belonging to the spotted fever, typhus, and ancestral groups and, in parallel, compared to otherRickettsia-specific PCR targets (ompA,gltA, and the 17-kDa protein gene). The new 23S-5S IGS nested PCR assay amplified all 11Rickettsiaspp., but the assays employing other PCR targets did not. The novel nested assay was sensitive enough to detect one copy of a cloned 23S-5S IGS fragment from "CandidatusRickettsia amblyommii." Subsequently, the detection efficiency of the 23S-5S IGS nested assay was compared to those of the other three assays using genomic DNA extracted from 40 adultDermacentor variabilisticks. The nested 23S-5S IGS assay detectedRickettsiaDNA in 45% of the ticks, while the amplification rates of the other three assays ranged between 5 and 20%. The novel PCR assay was validated using clinical samples from humans and laboratory animals that were known to be infected with pathogenic species ofRickettsia The nested 23S-5S IGS PCR assay was coupled with reverse line blot hybridization with species-specific probes for high-throughput detection and simultaneous identification of the species ofRickettsiain the ticks. "CandidatusRickettsia amblyommii,"R. montanensis,R. felis, andR. belliiwere frequently identified species, along with some potentially novelRickettsiastrains that were closely related toR. belliiandR. conorii.
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- Madhavi L Kakumanu
- Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Ehlers J, Ganzhorn JU, Silaghi C, Krüger A, Pothmann D, Ratovonamana RY, Veit A, Keller C, Poppert S. Tick (Amblyomma chabaudi) infestation of endemic tortoises in southwest Madagascar and investigation of tick-borne pathogens. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2015; 7:378-83. [PMID: 26724898 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Revised: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Little is known about the role of endemic ticks as vectors for bacterial and protozoan pathogens for animals and humans in Madagascar and their interaction in anthropogenic habitats where humans, their livestock and native Malagasy species (vectors and hosts) come into more frequent contact than in natural forest ecosystems. The aims of the study were (1) to test whether habitat degradation is associated with increased infestation of tortoises by ticks and (2) to investigate whether ticks carried Babesia, Borrelia or Rickettsia species that might be pathogenic for humans and livestock. We studied hard ticks of two endemic Malagasy tortoises, Astrochelys radiata and Pyxis arachnoides in March and April 2013 in southwest Madagascar. Two tortoise habitats were compared, the National Park of Tsimanampetsotsa and the adjacent degraded pasture and agricultural land at the end of the wet season. Ticks were screened for protozoan and bacterial pathogens via PCR on DNA isolated from ticks using genus-specific primers. Only one out of 42 A. radiata collected from both habitats had ticks. The low prevalence did not allow further analyses of the effect of habitat degradation. Forty-two P. arachnoides were found in the anthropogenic habitat and 36 individuals in the national park. Tick infestation rates of P. arachnoides differed significantly between the two study sites. Tortoises inside the park had lower tick prevalence than outside (8 of 36 (22%) versus 32 of 42 individuals (76%)) and infected animals tended to have fewer ticks inside than outside the park. All ticks collected in both habitats were adults of the ixodid tick Amblyomma chabaudi, which is supposed to be a host-specific tick of P. arachnoides. Screening for Borrelia sp. and Babesia sp. was negative in all ticks. But all A. chabaudi ticks were infected with Rickettsia africae, known to cause spotted fever in humans. Thus, habitat degradation seems to be linked to higher infestation of tortoises with ticks with possible consequences for humans and their livestock.
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- Julian Ehlers
- Biozentrum Grindel, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biozentrum Grindel, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Vergleichende Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; National Center of Vector Entomology, Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Military Hospital Hamburg, Department Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Vergleichende Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Virology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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Keller C, Krüger A, Schwarz NG, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Rakotondrainiarivelo JP, Razafindrabe T, Derschum H, Silaghi C, Pothmann D, Veit A, Hogan B, May J, Girmann M, Kramme S, Fleischer B, Poppert S. High detection rate of Rickettsia africae in Amblyomma variegatum but low prevalence of anti-rickettsial antibodies in healthy pregnant women in Madagascar. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2015; 7:60-65. [PMID: 26318262 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Madagascar, the endemicity of tick-borne rickettsiae and their vectors has been incompletely studied. The first part of the present study was conducted in 2011 and 2012 to identify potential anthropophilic tick vectors for SFG rickettsiae on cattle from seven Malagasy regions, and to detect and characterize rickettsiae in these ticks. Amblyomma variegatum was the only anthropophilic tick species found on 262 cattle. Using a novel ompB-specific qPCR, screening for rickettsial DNA was performed on 111 A. variegatum ticks. Rickettsial DNA was detected in 96 of 111 ticks studied (86.5%). Rickettsia africae was identified as the only infecting rickettsia using phylogenetic analysis of ompA and ompB gene sequences and three variable intergenic spacers from 11 ticks. The second part of the study was a cross-sectional survey for antibodies against SFG rickettsiae in plasma samples taken from healthy, pregnant women at six locations in Madagascar, two at sea level and four between 450 and 1300m altitude. An indirect fluorescent antibody test with Rickettsia conorii as surrogate SFG rickettsial antigen was used. We found R. conorii-seropositives at all altitudes with prevalences between 0.5% and 3.1%. Our results suggest that A. variegatum ticks highly infected with R. africae are the most prevalent cattle-associated tick vectors for SFG rickettsiosis in Madagascar. Transmission of SFG rickettsiosis to humans occurs at different altitudes in Madagascar and should be considered as a relevant cause of febrile diseases.
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- Christian Keller
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Virology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
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- Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Nugnes F, Gebiola M, Monti MM, Gualtieri L, Giorgini M, Wang J, Bernardo U. Genetic Diversity of the Invasive Gall Wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and of its Rickettsia Endosymbiont, and Associated Sex-Ratio Differences. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124660. [PMID: 25970681 PMCID: PMC4430503 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The blue-gum chalcid Leptocybe invasa Fisher & LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a gall wasp pest of Eucalyptus species, likely native to Australia. Over the past 15 years it has invaded 39 countries on all continents where eucalypts are grown. The worldwide invasion of the blue gum chalcid was attributed to a single thelytokous morphospecies formally described in 2004. Subsequently, however, males have been recorded in several countries and the sex ratio of field populations has been found to be highly variable in different areas. In order to find an explanation for such sex ratio differences, populations of L. invasa from a broad geographical area were screened for the symbionts currently known as reproductive manipulators, and both wasps and symbionts were genetically characterized using multiple genes. Molecular analyses suggested that L. invasa is in fact a complex of two cryptic species involved in the rapid and efficient spread of the wasp, the first recovered from the Mediterranean region and South America, the latter from China. All screened specimens were infected by endosymbiotic bacteria belonging to the genus Rickettsia. Two closely related Rickettsia strains were found, each infecting one of the two putative cryptic species of L. invasa and associated with different average sex ratios. Rickettsia were found to be localized in the female reproductive tissues and transovarially transmitted, suggesting a possible role of Rickettsia as the causal agent of thelytokous parthenogenesis in L. invasa. Implications for the variation of sex ratio and for the management of L. invasa are discussed.
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- Francesco Nugnes
- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Portici (NA), Italy
- Department of Entomology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, the United States of America
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Portici (NA), Italy
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Faccini-Martínez ÁA, Costa FB, Hayama-Ueno TE, Ramírez-Hernández A, Cortés-Vecino JA, Labruna MB, Hidalgo M. Rickettsia rickettsii in Amblyomma patinoi ticks, Colombia. Emerg Infect Dis 2015; 21:537-9. [PMID: 25695155 PMCID: PMC4344264 DOI: 10.3201/eid2013.140721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mukhacheva TA, Salikhova II, Kovalev SY. Multilocus spacer analysis revealed highly homogeneous genetic background of Asian type of Borrelia miyamotoi. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2015; 31:257-62. [PMID: 25697887 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Borrelia miyamotoi, a member of the relapsing fever group borreliae, was first isolated in Japan and subsequently found in Ixodes ticks in North America, Europe and Russia. Currently, there are three types of B. miyamotoi: Asian or Siberian (transmitted mainly by Ixodes persulcatus), European (Ixodesricinus) and American (Ixodesscapularis and Ixodespacificus). Despite the great genetic distances between B. miyamotoi types, isolates within a type are characterised by an extremely low genetic variability. In particular, strains of B. miyamotoi of Asian type, isolated in Russia from the Baltic sea to the Far East, have been shown to be identical based on the analysis of several conventional genetic markers, such as 16S rRNA, flagellin, outer membrane protein p66 and glpQ genes. Thus, protein or rRNA - coding genes were shown not to be informative enough in studying genetic diversity of B. miyamotoi within a type. In the present paper, we have attempted to design a new multilocus technique based on eight non-coding intergenic spacers (3686bp in total) and have applied it to the analysis of intra-type genetic variability of В. miyamotoi detected in different regions of Russia and from two tick species, I. persulcatus and Ixodespavlovskyi. However, even though potentially the most variable loci were selected, no genetic variability between studied DNA samples was found, except for one nucleotide substitution in two of them. The sequences obtained were identical to those of the reference strain FR64b. Analysis of the data obtained with the GenBank sequences indicates a highly homogeneous genetic background of B. miyamotoi from the Baltic Sea to the Japanese Islands. In this paper, a hypothesis of clonal expansion of B. miyamotoi is discussed, as well as possible mechanisms for the rapid dissemination of one B. miyamotoi clone over large distances.
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- Tatyana A Mukhacheva
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology, Ural Federal University, Lenin Avenue 51, Yekaterinburg 620000, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology, Ural Federal University, Lenin Avenue 51, Yekaterinburg 620000, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology, Ural Federal University, Lenin Avenue 51, Yekaterinburg 620000, Russia.
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Fournier PE, Dubourg G, Raoult D. Clinical detection and characterization of bacterial pathogens in the genomics era. Genome Med 2014; 6:114. [PMID: 25593594 PMCID: PMC4295418 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-014-0114-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The availability of genome sequences obtained using next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the field of infectious diseases. Indeed, more than 38,000 bacterial and 5,000 viral genomes have been sequenced to date, including representatives of all significant human pathogens. These tremendous amounts of data have not only enabled advances in fundamental biology, helping to understand the pathogenesis of microorganisms and their genomic evolution, but have also had implications for clinical microbiology. Here, we first review the current achievements of genomics in the development of improved diagnostic tools, including those that are now available in the clinic, such as the design of PCR assays for the detection of microbial pathogens, virulence factors or antibiotic-resistance determinants, or the design of optimized culture media for 'unculturable' pathogens. We then review the applications of genomics to the investigation of outbreaks, either through the design of genotyping assays or the direct sequencing of the causative strains. Finally, we discuss how genomics might change clinical microbiology in the future.
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- Pierre-Edouard Fournier
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, InsermU1095, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille University, Faculté de Medecine, 27 Blvd Jean Moulin, Marseille, 13385, cedex 5 France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, InsermU1095, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille University, Faculté de Medecine, 27 Blvd Jean Moulin, Marseille, 13385, cedex 5 France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, InsermU1095, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille University, Faculté de Medecine, 27 Blvd Jean Moulin, Marseille, 13385, cedex 5 France
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Genetic identification of rickettsial isolates from fatal cases of Brazilian spotted fever and comparison with Rickettsia rickettsii isolates from the American continents. J Clin Microbiol 2014; 52:3788-91. [PMID: 25078908 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01914-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fifteen bacterial isolates from spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Brazil were genetically identified as Rickettsia rickettsii. In a phylogenetic analysis with other R. rickettsii isolates from GenBank, the Central/South American isolates showed low polymorphism and formed a clade distinct from two North American clades, with the North American clades having greater in-branch polymorphism.
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Merhej V, Angelakis E, Socolovschi C, Raoult D. Genotyping, evolution and epidemiological findings of Rickettsia species. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 25:122-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Paddock CD, Denison AM, Lash RR, Liu L, Bollweg BC, Dahlgren FS, Kanamura CT, Angerami RN, Pereira dos Santos FC, Brasil Martines R, Karpathy SE. Phylogeography of Rickettsia rickettsii genotypes associated with fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014; 91:589-97. [PMID: 24957541 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a tick-borne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, is among the deadliest of all infectious diseases. To identify the distribution of various genotypes of R. rickettsii associated with fatal RMSF, we applied molecular typing methods to samples of DNA extracted from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens obtained at autopsy from 103 case-patients from seven countries who died of RMSF. Complete sequences of one or more intergenic regions were amplified from tissues of 30 (29%) case-patients and revealed a distribution of genotypes consisting of four distinct clades, including the Hlp clade, regarded previously as a non-pathogenic strain of R. rickettsii. Distinct phylogeographic patterns were identified when composite case-patient and reference strain data were mapped to the state and country of origin. The phylogeography of R. rickettsii is likely determined by ecological and environmental factors that exist independently of the distribution of a particular tick vector.
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- Christopher D Paddock
- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Núcleo de Anatomica Patológia, Centro de Patologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Cheng X, Jin Y, Lao S, Huang C, Huang F, Jia P, Zhang L. Multispacer Typing (MST) of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae Isolated from Humans and Rats in Chengmai County, Hainan Province, China. Trop Med Health 2014; 42:107-14. [PMID: 25324688 PMCID: PMC4165615 DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2014-03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Spotted fever caused by spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) is found throughout China. During 2007–2008, 28 human SFGR isolates and 34 rat SFGR isolates including 15 isolates from Rattus fulvescens, 5 isolates from R. edwardsi, 7 isolates from Callosciurus erythraeus roberti and 7 isolates from Dremomys rufigenis) were obtained from L929 cell culture. Previous research indicated that the 62 strains of SFGR mentioned above shared not only the same serophenotype but also 100% of identity sequences of 16S rRNA, gltA, ompA, groEL and 17KD, which enabled us to apply multispacer typing (MST) to the 62 SFGR isolates in the study. Six primer pairs, which were used for typing of Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia conorii, were chosen, and the results exhibited greater nucleotide polymorphisms among the 62 isolates tested. A total of 48 distinct genotypes were identified. The dominant genotype, represented by h3 isolates, accounted for 21.7% (13/60) of the isolates tested, and the remaining 47 genotypes were all unique. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all the 48 genotypes could be classified in the same clade, while the genetically related strain, R. heilongjiangensis, was close but not the same as the cluster. We concluded that the genetically diverse of spotted fever group rickettsiae strains are endemic in Chengmai County, Hainan Province, China.
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- Xueqin Cheng
- Department of Rickettsiology, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention , China CDC, Changping, Beijing102206, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Rickettsiology, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention , China CDC, Changping, Beijing102206, People's Republic of China
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Znazen A, Khrouf F, Elleuch N, Lahiani D, Marrekchi C, M'Ghirbi Y, Ben Jemaa M, Bouattour A, Hammami A. Multispacer typing of Rickettsia isolates from humans and ticks in Tunisia revealing new genotypes. Parasit Vectors 2013; 6:367. [PMID: 24380581 PMCID: PMC3883474 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2013] [Accepted: 12/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Rickettsioses are important remerging vector born infections. In Tunisia, many species have been described in humans and vectors. Genotyping is important for tracking pathogen movement between hosts and vectors. In this study, we characterized Rickettsia species detected in patients and vectors using multispacer typing (MST), proposed by Founier et al. and based on three intergenic spacers (dksA-xerC, rmpE- tRNAfMet, mppA-pruC) sequencing. Methods Our study included 25 patients hospitalized during 2009. Ticks and fleas were collected in the vicinity of confirmed cases. Serology was performed on serum samples by microimmunofluorescence using Rickettsia conorii and Rickettsia typhi antigens. To detect and identify Rickettsia species, PCR targeting ompA, ompB and gltA genes followed by sequencing was performed on 18 obtained skin biopsies and on all collected vectors. Rickettsia positive samples were further characterized using primers targeting three intergenic spacers (dksA-xerC, rmpE- tRNAfMet and mppA-purC). Results A rickettsial infection was confirmed in 15 cases (60%). Serology was positive in 13 cases (52%). PCR detected Rickettsia DNA in four biopsies (16%) allowing the identification of R. conorii subsp israelensis in three cases and R. conorii subsp conorii in one case. Among 380 collected ticks, nine presented positive PCR (2.4%) allowing the identification of six R. conorii subsp israelensis, two R. massiliae and one R. conorii subsp conorii. Among 322 collected fleas, only one was positive for R. felis. R. conorii subsp israelensis strains detected in humans and vectors clustered together and showed a new MST genotype. Similarly, R. conorii subsp conorii strains detected in a skin biopsy and a tick were genetically related and presented a new MST genotype. Conclusions New Rickettsia spotted fever strain genotypes were found in Tunisia. Isolates detected in humans and vectors were genetically homogenous despite location differences in their original isolation suggesting epidemiologic circulation of these strains.
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- Abir Znazen
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Research Laboratory "MPH", Habib Bourguiba University Hospital of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
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High-resolution typing of Leptospira interrogans strains by multispacer sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol 2013; 52:564-71. [PMID: 24478489 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02482-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis which is responsible for the typical form of Weil's disease. The epidemiological surveillance of the Leptospira species agent is important for host prevalence control. Although the genotyping methods have progressed, the identification of some serovars remains ambiguous. We investigated the multispacer sequence typing (MST) method for genotyping strains belonging to the species Leptospira interrogans, which is the main agent of leptospirosis worldwide. A total of 33 DNA samples isolated from the reference strains of L. interrogans serogroups Icterohaemorrhagiae, Australis, Canicola, and Grippotyphosa, which are the most prevalent serogroups in France, were analyzed by both the variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) and MST methods. An MST database has been constructed from the DNA of these reference strains to define the MST profiles. The MST profiles corroborated with the VNTR results. Moreover, the MST analysis allowed the identification at the serovar level or potentially to the isolate level for strains belonging to L. interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae, which then results in a higher resolution than VNTR (Hunter-Gaston index of 0.94 versus 0.68). Regarding L. interrogans serogroups Australis, Canicola, and Grippotyphosa, the MST and VNTR methods similarly identified the genotype. The MST method enabled the acquisition of simple and robust results that were based on the nucleotide sequences. The MST identified clinical isolates in correlation with the reference serovar profiles, thus permitting an epidemiological surveillance of circulating L. interrogans strains, especially for the Icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup, which includes the most prevalent strains of public health interest.
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Padmanabhan R, Mishra AK, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Genomics and metagenomics in medical microbiology. J Microbiol Methods 2013; 95:415-24. [PMID: 24200711 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Over the last two decades, sequencing tools have evolved from laborious time-consuming methodologies to real-time detection and deciphering of genomic DNA. Genome sequencing, especially using next generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the landscape of microbiology and infectious disease. This deluge of sequencing data has not only enabled advances in fundamental biology but also helped improve diagnosis, typing of pathogen, virulence and antibiotic resistance detection, and development of new vaccines and culture media. In addition, NGS also enabled efficient analysis of complex human micro-floras, both commensal, and pathological, through metagenomic methods, thus helping the comprehension and management of human diseases such as obesity. This review summarizes technological advances in genomics and metagenomics relevant to the field of medical microbiology.
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- Roshan Padmanabhan
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bd. Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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Nakao R, Qiu Y, Igarashi M, Magona JW, Zhou L, Ito K, Sugimoto C. High prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Amblyomma variegatum from Uganda and their identification using sizes of intergenic spacers. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2013; 4:506-12. [PMID: 24331642 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Revised: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae are obligate intracellular bacteria transmitted by ticks that cause several tick-borne rickettsioses in humans worldwide. This study was intended to determine the prevalence of SFG rickettsiae in Amblyomma variegatum from 7 districts across Uganda. In addition to sequencing of gltA and ompA genes, identification of Rickettsia species based on the sizes of highly variable intergenic spacers, namely, dksA-xerC, mppA-purC, and rpmE-tRNA(fMet) was carried out. Application of multiplex PCR for simultaneous amplification of 3 spacers combined with capillary electrophoresis separation allowed simple, accurate, and high-throughput fragment sizing with considerable time and cost savings. Rickettsia genus-specific real-time PCR detected 136 positives out of 140 samples, giving an overall prevalence of 97.1%. Most samples (n=113) had a size combination of 225, 195, and 341 bp for dksA-xerC, mppA-purC, and rpmE-tRNA(fMet), respectively, which was identical to that of R. africae, a causative agent of African tick bite fever. In addition, several samples had size variants in either dksA-xerC or rpmE-tRNA(fMet). Nonetheless, the partial sequences of gltA and ompA genes of samples of all size combinations showed the greatest similarity to R. africae (99.3-100% for gltA and 98.1-100% for ompA). Given these results, it is highly possible that the tested ticks were infected with R. africae or closely related species. This is a first report on molecular genetic detection of R. africae and its high endemicity in Uganda. Clinicians in this country should be aware of this pathogen as a cause of non-malarial febrile illness. This study provided a starting point for the development of Rickettsia species identification based on the sizes of intergenic spacers. The procedure is simple, rapid, and cost-effective to perform; hence it might be particularly well suited for preliminary species identification in epidemiological investigations. The results may be more detailed and reliable when simultaneous sequencing analysis is performed.
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- Ryo Nakao
- Division of Collaboration and Education, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan; Division of Bioinformatics, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
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- Division of Collaboration and Education, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
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- Division of Collaboration and Education, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan; National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI), Tororo, Uganda
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- Division of Collaboration and Education, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
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- Division of Collaboration and Education, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan.
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Ferrari FAG, Goddard J, Caprio M, Paddock CD, Mixson-Hayden T, Varela-Stokes AS. Population analyses of Amblyomma maculatum ticks and Rickettsia parkeri using single-strand conformation polymorphism. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2013; 4:439-44. [PMID: 23856472 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2012] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Gulf Coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum, and the zoonotic agents they transmit, Rickettsia parkeri, are expanding into areas in the United States where they were not previously reported, and are emerging threats for public and veterinary health. The dynamics of this tick-pathogen system and implications for disease transmission are still unclear. To assess genetic variation of tick and rickettsial populations, we collected adult A. maculatum from 10 sites in Mississippi, 4 in the northern, one in the central, and 5 in the southern part of the state. PCR amplicons from tick mitochondrial 16S rRNA and rickettsial ompA genes as well as 5 intergenic spacer regions were evaluated for genetic variation using single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis. Frequencies of the 4 tick 16S haplotypes were not significantly different among regions of Mississippi, but within sites there were differences in distribution that can be explained by high migration rates. Phylogenetically, one lineage of tick haplotypes was a species-poor sister group to remaining haplotypes in the species-rich sister group. No genetic variation was identified in any of the 6 selected gene targets of R. parkeri examined in the infected ticks, suggesting high levels of intermixing.
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- Flavia A G Ferrari
- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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Keita AK, Raoult D, Fenollar F. Tropheryma whipplei as a commensal bacterium. Future Microbiol 2013; 8:57-71. [PMID: 23252493 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Tropheryma whipplei is the bacterial agent of the well-known and rare Whipple's disease, mainly observed among Caucasians. This bacterium has recently been involved in other chronic and acute infections. For a long time, the only known source of the bacterium was patients with Whipple's disease; however, thanks to the advent of molecular biology, T. whipplei has now been detected in specimens from healthy individuals, mainly in stool and saliva samples. The prevalence of carriage depends on several factors, such as age, exposure and geographical area, reaching 75% in stool specimens from children less than 4 years old in rural Africa. T. whipplei is a commensal bacterium that only causes Whipple's disease in a subset of individuals, probably those with a still-uncharacterized specific immunological defect.
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- Alpha Kabinet Keita
- Aix Marseille Université, Unité des Rickettsies, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS/INSERM, Marseille, France
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Abdel-Shafy S, Allam NA, Mediannikov O, Parola P, Raoult D. Molecular Detection of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae Associated with Ixodid Ticks in Egypt. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2012; 12:346-59. [DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Sobhy Abdel-Shafy
- Department of Parasitology and Animal Diseases, Veterinary Research Division, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Parasitology and Animal Diseases, Veterinary Research Division, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Intergenic sequence comparison of Escherichia coli isolates reveals lifestyle adaptations but not host specificity. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:7620-32. [PMID: 21908635 DOI: 10.1128/aem.05909-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Establishing the risk of human infection is one of the goals of public health. For bacterial pathogens, the virulence and zoonotic potential can often be related to their host source. Escherichia coli bacteria are common contaminants of water associated with human recreation and consumption, and many strains are pathogenic. In this study, we analyzed three promoter-containing intergenic regions from 284 diverse E. coli isolates in an attempt to identify molecular signatures associated with specific host types. Promoter sequences controlling production of curli fimbriae, flagella, and nutrient import yielded a phylogenetic tree with isolates clustered by established phylogenetic grouping (A, B1, B2, and D) but not by host source. Virulence genes were more prevalent in groups B2 and D isolates and in human isolates. Group B1 isolates, primarily from nonhuman sources, were the most genetically similar, indicating that they lacked molecular adaptations to specific host environments and were likely host generalists. Conversely, B2 isolates, primarily from human sources, displayed greater genetic distances and were more likely to be host adapted. In agreement with these hypotheses, prevalence of σ(S) activity and the rdar morphotype, phenotypes associated with environmental survival, were significantly higher in B1 isolates than in B2 isolates. Based on our findings, we speculate that E. coli host specificity is not defined by genome-wide sequence changes but, rather, by the presence or absence of specific genes and associated promoter elements. Furthermore, the requirements for colonization of the human gastrointestinal tract may lead to E. coli lifestyle changes along with selection for increased virulence.
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Eldin C, Mediannikov O, Davoust B, Cabre O, Barré N, Raoult D, Parola P. Emergence of Rickettsia africae, Oceania. Emerg Infect Dis 2011; 17:100-2. [PMID: 21192865 PMCID: PMC3204645 DOI: 10.3201/eid1701.101081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We detected Rickettsia africae, the agent of African tick-bite fever (ATBF), by amplification of fragments of gltA, ompA, and ompB genes from 3 specimens of Amblyomma loculosum ticks collected from humans and birds in New Caledonia. Clinicians who treat persons in this region should be on alert for ATBF.
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- Carole Eldin
- Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Merhej V, Raoult D. Rickettsial evolution in the light of comparative genomics. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2010; 86:379-405. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2010.00151.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Eremeeva ME, Dasch GA. Closing the gaps between genotype and phenotype in Rickettsia rickettsii. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1166:12-26. [PMID: 19538260 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04526.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) caused by Rickettsia rickettsii is a severe rickettsiosis that occurs in nearly every state of the continental USA. RMSF is endemic in Central and Southern America, with recent well-documented cases in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina. RMSF is the most malignant among known rickettsioses causing severe multiorgan dysfunction and high case fatality rates, which can reach 73% in untreated cases. Variations in pathogenic biotypes of R. rickettsii isolates have been described, and potential correlations of these differences to various clinical manifestations of RMSF have been suggested. We have recently reported on a method of genetic comparison employing sequence differences in intergenic regions (IGR typing) in isolates of R. rickettsii of human, tick, and animal origin. The grouping obtained correlated well with 2 other genotyping systems we have developed, which target the presence and distribution of variable numbers of tandem repeats (TR) and insertion/deletion (INDEL) events. Twenty-five total genotypes of R. rickettsii in 4 primary groups could be distinguished: isolates from Montana, isolates associated with Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and human infections in Arizona, other isolates from the USA where Dermacentor variabilis is thought to be the primary vector, and the isolates primarily associated with Amblyomma ticks from Central and South America. In addition, isolate Hlp#2, which is often considered to be a nonpathogenic isolate of R. rickettsii and closely related serotype 364D, exhibited the most diversity from the other isolates compared, and they differ significantly from each other. Because complex interactions underlie the pathogenesis of R. rickettsii in vivo, it is difficult to define the causality of individual events that occur in infected vertebrate hosts and humans. Many microbial factors are likely to contribute to the varied ability of R. rickettsii to cause cellular injury; some of them may also contribute importantly to its virulence for vertebrate hosts and may be linked to the variable genetic markers we have identified. Since circulation of R. rickettsii in nature includes vertical transstadial and transovarial transmission within tick vectors and horizontal passages through vertebrate hosts, it is plausible that isolates of different virulence arose when they became isolated during adaptation to novel vertebrate and tick hosts. Characterization of the physiologically important changes in rickettsial gene expression that occur immediately after tick-to-human or tick-to-animal transitions may require development of new experimental systems.
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- Marina E Eremeeva
- Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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One century after the first description of rickettsiae as human pathogens, the rickettsiosis remained poorly understood diseases. These microorganisms are indeed characterized by a strictly intracellular location which has, for long, prohibited their detailed study. Within the last ten years, the completion of the genome sequences of several strains allowed gaining a better knowledge about the molecular mechanisms involved in rickettsia pathogenicity. Here, we summarized available data concerning the critical steps of rickettsia-host cell interactions that should contribute to tissue injury and diseases, that is, adhesion, phagosomal escape, motility, and intracellular survival of the bacteria.
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- Premanand Balraj
- Unité des Rickettsies, URMITE IRD-CNRS 6236, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Wenjun LI, Mouffok N, Rovery C, Parola P, Raoult D. Genotyping Rickettsia conorii detected in patients with Mediterranean spotted fever in Algeria using multispacer typing (MST). Clin Microbiol Infect 2009; 15 Suppl 2:281-3. [PMID: 19548993 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02236.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- L I Wenjun
- Unité des Rickettsies et Pathogènes Emergents, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille cedex, France
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Fournier PE, Raoult D. Current Knowledge on Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Rickettsia spp. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1166:1-11. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04528.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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