Li Yongchang, Li Jianlong, Xieripu Gulaimubaier, Rizk Mohamed Abdo, Macalanda Adrian Miki C, Gan Lu, Ren Jichao, Mohanta Uday Kumar, El-Sayed Shimaa Abd El-Salam, Chahan Bayin, Xuan Xuenan, Guo Qingyong
Parasitology Laboratory, Veterinary College, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830011, China.
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan.
Pathogens. 2024 Aug 11;13(8):680. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13080680.
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) borders eight countries and has a complex geographic environment. There are almost 45.696 million herded sheep in Xinjiang, which occupies 13.80% of China's sheep farming industry. However, there is a scarcity of reports investigating the role of sheep or ticks in Xinjiang in transmitting tick-borne diseases (TBDs). A total of 894 ticks (298 tick pools) were collected from sheep in southern Xinjiang. Out of the 298 tick pools investigated in this study, () and () were identified through morphological and molecular sequencing. In the southern part of Xinjiang, 142 (47.65%), 86 (28.86%), and 60 (20.13%) tick pools were positive for spp., spp., and spp., respectively. Interestingly, the infection rate of spp. (73%, 35.10%, and 28.56-41.64%) was higher in pools than in pools (4%, 4.44%, and 0.10-8.79%) in this study. Fifty-one tick pools were found to harbor two pathogens, while nineteen tick pools were detected to have the three pathogens. Our findings indicate the presence of spp., spp., and spp. potentially transmitted by and in sheep in southern Xinjiang, China.
新疆维吾尔自治区（新疆）与八个国家接壤，地理环境复杂。新疆有近4569.6万只放牧绵羊，占中国养羊业的13.80%。然而，关于新疆绵羊或蜱虫在传播蜱传疾病（TBDs）中的作用的调查报道却很匮乏。从新疆南部的绵羊身上共采集了894只蜱虫（298个蜱虫样本池）。在本研究调查的298个蜱虫样本池中，通过形态学和分子测序鉴定出了（）和（）。在新疆南部，分别有142个（47.65%）、86个（28.86%）和60个（20.13%）蜱虫样本池对 属、 属和 属呈阳性。有趣的是，在本研究中， 属在 样本池中的感染率（73%、35.10%和28.56 - 41.64%）高于 样本池（4%、4.44%和0.10 - 8.79%）。发现有51个蜱虫样本池携带两种病原体，而有19个蜱虫样本池检测到有三种病原体。我们的研究结果表明，在中国新疆南部的绵羊中，存在可能由 和 传播的 属、 属和 属。
