Matsumoto Kotaro, Berrada Zenda L, Klinger Elissa, Goethert Heidi K, Telford Sam R
Division of Infectious Diseases, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts 01536, USA.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2008 Aug;8(4):549-54. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0244.
Deer keds (Lipoptena cervi) are thought to have been introduced into New England from Europe during the 1800 s. We sought to determine whether L. cervi from Massachusetts deer contained evidence of infection by Bartonella schoenbuchensis, which appears to be maintained by L. cervi in Europe. Five of 6 keds were found to contain B. schoenbuchensis DNA, and 2 deer ticks cofeeding on deer with such keds did as well. The detection of Bartonella DNA in deer ticks probably represents contamination by infected deer blood.
人们认为鹿虱蝇(鹿狂蝇)是在19世纪从欧洲传入新英格兰的。我们试图确定来自马萨诸塞州鹿身上的鹿狂蝇是否含有被肖氏巴尔通体感染的证据,肖氏巴尔通体在欧洲似乎由鹿狂蝇传播。在6只鹿虱蝇中,有5只被发现含有肖氏巴尔通体的DNA,与这些鹿虱蝇共同吸食鹿血的2只鹿蜱也含有该DNA。在鹿蜱中检测到巴尔通体DNA可能是被感染鹿血污染所致。