Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, Israel.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Nov;85(5):919-23. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0623.
We report molecular evidence for the presence of spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) in ticks collected from roe deer, addax, red foxes, and wild boars in Israel. Rickettsia aeschlimannii was detected in Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma detritum while Rickettsia massiliae was present in Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks. Furthermore, a novel uncultured SFGR was detected in Haemaphysalis adleri and Haemaphysalis parva ticks from golden jackals. The pathogenicity of the novel SFGR for humans is unknown; however, the presence of multiple SFGR agents should be considered when serological surveillance data from Israel are interpreted because of significant antigenic cross-reactivity among Rickettsia. The epidemiology and ecology of SFGR in Israel appear to be more complicated than was previously believed.
我们报告了在以色列从鹿、大羚羊、红狐和野猪中采集的蜱中存在斑点热群立克次体(SFGR)的分子证据。在边缘革蜱和钝缘革蜱中检测到了拉氏立克次体,而在钝缘革蜱中检测到了马赛利亚立克次体。此外,在金豺的血红扇头蜱和血红扇头蜱中还检测到了一种新的未培养的 SFGR。新型 SFGR 对人类的致病性尚不清楚;然而,由于立克次体之间存在显著的抗原交叉反应性,在解释来自以色列的血清学监测数据时,应考虑到多种 SFGR 因子的存在。SFGR 在以色列的流行病学和生态学似乎比以前认为的更为复杂。