Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, German Center of Infection Research (DZIF) Partner Munich, Neuherbergstrasse 11, D-80937 Munich, Germany.
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, German Center of Infection Research (DZIF) Partner Munich, Neuherbergstrasse 11, D-80937 Munich, Germany.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 Feb;9(2):196-200. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.09.004. Epub 2017 Sep 9.
We report the presence of Ixodes inopinatus and its sympatric occurrence with Ixodes ricinus in southeastern Germany, western Austria, and Romania. The identification of I. inopinatus was based on morphological and molecular 16S rRNA and 12S rRNA gene features. We also report the finding of Rickettsia monacensis and Rickettsia helvetica in I. inopinatus collected from a fox and a sheep in Romania. Although the vector competence of I. inopinatus for these pathogens remains to be proven, there is evidence of transstadial persistence, an important prerequisite for acting as a vector.
我们报告了在德国东南部、奥地利西部和罗马尼亚发现了不常见的硬蜱（Ixodes inopinatus）及其与蓖子硬蜱（Ixodes ricinus）的同域发生。Ixodes inopinatus 的鉴定基于形态学和分子 16S rRNA 和 12S rRNA 基因特征。我们还报告了在罗马尼亚从一只狐狸和一只绵羊身上采集的 I. inopinatus 中发现了莫纳氏立克次体（Rickettsia monacensis）和瑞士立克次体（Rickettsia helvetica）。尽管 I. inopinatus 对这些病原体的媒介能力仍有待证实，但有证据表明其具有跨龄期持续存在的能力，这是作为媒介的重要前提条件。
