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. 2024 Apr;48(2):1301-1308.
doi: 10.1007/s11259-024-10306-2. Epub 2024 Jan 15.

Molecular screening of tick-borne microorganisms in ticks from rural areas of Panama, with the first record of Ehrlichia minasensis in Rhipicephalus microplus from Central America

Sergio E Bermúdez C  1   2 , María L Félix  3 , Lillian Domínguez A  4 , Dimelza Araúz  5 , José M Venzal  3
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Molecular screening of tick-borne microorganisms in ticks from rural areas of Panama, with the first record of Ehrlichia minasensis in Rhipicephalus microplus from Central America

Sergio E Bermúdez C et al. Vet Res Commun. 2024 Apr.

Abstract

During a molecular screening of rickettsial, borrelial and protozoal agents in ticks from rural areas of Panama, we detected DNA of Rickettsia amblyommatis in four Amblyomma mixtum collected from horses in a locality in Los Santos province. Ehrlichia minasensis and Anaplasma marginale were identified from three and two Rhipicephalus microplus, respectively, collected on cows from Chiriqui province. No DNA from other tick-borne agents was found. These results increase the information of R. amblyommatis and A. marginale in Panama, and also mark the first record of E. minasensis in Central America.

Keywords: Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsia; Central America; Rural environments; Ticks.

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