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. 2001 Dec;87(6):1482-3.
doi: 10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1482:MDOEPG]2.0.CO;2.

Molecular detection of Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup organisms in larvae of Neotrombicula autumnalis (Acari: Trombiculidae) captured in Spain

P Fernández-Soto  1 , R Pérez-Sánchez, A Encinas-Grandes
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Molecular detection of Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup organisms in larvae of Neotrombicula autumnalis (Acari: Trombiculidae) captured in Spain

P Fernández-Soto et al. J Parasitol. 2001 Dec.

Abstract

Twenty unfed larvae of Neotrombicula autumnalis (Acari: Trombiculidae) collected on vegetation in the north of Spain were examined by polymerase chain reaction for Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.). rickettsiae, and the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup. At least 10% of the larvae were found to contain granulocytic ehrlichiae. Because the larvae were unfed, they would necessarily have inherited the bacteria through a transovarian transmission pathway.

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