Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2012 Dec;3(5-6):393-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.007. Epub 2012 Oct 22.
Nineteen ticks belonging to the species Dermacentor marginatus, Rhipicephalus bursa, and Haemaphysalis sulcata were collected from wild animals (wild boar, deer, and mouflon) in south-western Sardinia, Italy. Five D. marginatus ticks from wild boar were PCR-positive when analyzed using gltA-specific and ompA-specific primers, leading to the identification and first isolation in cell culture of Rickettsia slovaca, the causative agent of tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA), on the island of Sardinia. This study confirms the detection of a new tick-borne rickettsia that can be added to the others already known to be present in Sardinia (Rickettsia aeschlimannii, R. massiliae, and Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae). These data increase our knowledge of tick-borne rickettsioses in Sardinia and, more generally, in the Mediterranean basin.
从意大利撒丁岛西南部的野生动物（野猪、鹿和摩弗伦羊）身上采集到了 19 只属于边缘革蜱、牛蜱和扇头蜱属的蜱虫。当使用 gltA 特异性和 ompA 特异性引物对 5 只来自野猪的边缘革蜱进行 PCR 分析时，发现 tick-borne lymphadenopathy（TIBOLA）的病原体——斯洛伐克立克次体呈阳性，这是在撒丁岛首次分离和鉴定出这种病原体。本研究证实了一种新的蜱传立克次体的检测，该病原体已被添加到撒丁岛已知的其他蜱传立克次体（拉氏立克次体、马赛立克次体和候选立克次体 Barbariae）中。这些数据增加了我们对立克次体病在撒丁岛的了解，更广泛地说，增加了我们对地中海盆地的了解。
