Reeves Will K, Loftis Amanda D, Szumlas Daniel E, Abbassy Magda M, Helmy Ibrahim M, Hanafi Hanafi A, Dasch Gregory A
Exp Appl Acarol. 2007;41(1-2):101-7. doi: 10.1007/s10493-006-9040-3. Epub 2007 Jan 16.
We collected and tested 616 tropical rat mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst)) from rats (Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout) and R. rattus (Linnaeus)) throughout 14 governorates in Egypt and tested DNA extracts from pools of these mites for Bartonella spp., Coxiella burnetii, and Rickettsia spp. by PCR amplification and sequencing. Three different mite-associated bacterial agents, including one Bartonella and two Rickettsia spp., were detected in eight pools of mites. Further research could demonstrate the vector potential of mites and pathogenicity of these agents to humans or animals.
我们从埃及14个省的大鼠（褐家鼠（Berkenhout）和黑家鼠（Linnaeus））身上收集并检测了616只热带鼠螨（柏氏禽刺螨（Hirst）），通过聚合酶链反应扩增和测序，对这些螨类样本池的DNA提取物进行巴尔通体属、贝氏柯克斯体和立克次体属检测。在8个螨类样本池中检测到了三种不同的与螨相关的细菌病原体，包括一种巴尔通体和两种立克次体属。进一步的研究可以证明螨类作为传播媒介的可能性以及这些病原体对人类或动物的致病性。
