A new record of Rickettsia japonica in ticks infesting a Burmese ferret-badger in Thailand
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Issued Date
2022-03-01
Resource Type
ISSN
01275720
eISSN
25219855
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85129068244
Pubmed ID
35507925
Journal Title
Tropical Biomedicine
Volume
39
Issue
1
Start Page
55
End Page
59
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Tropical Biomedicine Vol.39 No.1 (2022) , 55-59
Suggested Citation
Hirunkanokpun S., Ahantarig A., Baimai V., Pramual P., Trinachartvanit W. A new record of Rickettsia japonica in ticks infesting a Burmese ferret-badger in Thailand. Tropical Biomedicine Vol.39 No.1 (2022) , 55-59. 59. doi:10.47665/tb.39.1.007 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/86038
Title
A new record of Rickettsia japonica in ticks infesting a Burmese ferret-badger in Thailand
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Abstract
Ticks are important vectors of arthropod-borne diseases and they can transmit a wide variety of zoonotic pathogens to humans, domestic and wild animals. Rickettsia japonica is a member of SFG ri ckettsi ae causi ng Japanese spotted fever (JSF) and can transmi t to humans vi a infected ticks. In this study, we report the first case of Rickettsia japonica in Haemaphysalis hystricis tick collected from a roadkill Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata) in Loei province, northeastern Thailand. According to the DNA sequences and phylogenetic analyses of the outer membrane protein A and B genes (ompA and ompB), the detected R. japonica was identical to those found in JSF patients in Korea, Japan, and China, and closely related to Rickettsia detected by ompA in a tick from Thailand. Further study on the prevalence of R. japoni ca and di versi ty of mammal i an reservoi r hosts wi l l be useful to gai n a better understanding of JSF epidemiology.