Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Oct;9(5):465-8. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0070.
A total of 1482 adult ticks collected from vegetation and animals in central Spain in 2003-2005 were tested for the presence of Coxiella burnetii by polymerase chain reaction and subsequent reverse line blot hybridization (PCR-RLB). C. burnetii was identified in 7.7% of questing ticks (80/1039) and 3.4% of ticks collected from animals (15/443) belonging to four species: Hyalomma lusitanicum, Dermacentor marginatus, Rhiphicephalus sanguineus, and R. pusillus. These findings show an active role of ticks in maintaining C. burnetii in wild and peridomestic cycles in central Spain.
2003-2005 年，从西班牙中部的植被和动物中采集了 1482 只成年蜱虫，通过聚合酶链反应和随后的反向线杂交（PCR-RLB）检测其是否存在柯克斯体。在 1039 只寄生蜱虫中有 7.7%（80 只）和在 443 只从动物身上采集的蜱虫中有 3.4%（15 只）被鉴定为柯克斯体。这些发现表明，在西班牙中部，蜱虫在维持野生和家庭周围环境中的柯克斯体循环中发挥了积极作用。
