@article{fdi:010062055,
  title = {{M}assive infection of seabird ticks with bacterial species related to {C}oxiella burnetii},
  author = {{W}ilkinson, {D}. {A}. and {D}ietrich, {M}. and {L}ebarbenchon, {C}. and {J}aeger, {A}. and {L}e {R}ouzic, {C}. and {B}astien, {M}. and {L}agadec, {E}. and {M}c{C}oy, {K}. {D}. and {P}ascalis, {H}erv{\'e} and {L}e {C}orre, {M}. and {D}ellagi, {K}oussay and {T}ortosa, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}eabird ticks are known reservoirs of bacterial pathogens of medical importance; however, ticks parasitizing tropical seabirds have received less attention than their counterparts from temperate and subpolar regions. {R}ecently, {R}ickettsia africae was described to infect seabird ticks of the western {I}ndian {O}cean and {N}ew {C}aledonia, constituting the only available data on bacterial pathogens associated with tropical seabird tick species. {H}ere, we combined a pyrosequencing-based approach with a classical molecular analysis targeting bacteria of potential medical importance in order to describe the bacterial community in two tropical seabird ticks, {A}mblyomma loculosum and {C}arios ({O}rnithodoros) capensis. {W}e also investigated the patterns of prevalence and host specificity within the biogeographical context of the western {I}ndian {O}cean islands. {T}he bacterial community of the two tick species was characterized by a strong dominance of {C}oxiella and {R}ickettsia. {O}ur data support a strict {C}oxiella-host tick specificity, a pattern resembling the one found for {R}ickettsia spp. in the same two seabird tick species. {B}oth the high prevalence and stringent host tick specificity suggest that these bacteria may be tick symbionts with probable vertical transmission. {D}etailed studies of the pathogenicity of these bacteria will now be required to determine whether horizontal transmission can occur and to clarify their status as potential human pathogens. {M}ore generally, our results show that the combination of next generation sequencing with targeted detection/genotyping approaches proves to be efficient in poorly investigated fields where research can be considered to be starting from scratch.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied and {E}nvironmental {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {80},
  numero = {11},
  pages = {3327--3333},
  ISSN = {0099-2240},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1128/aem.00477-14},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062055},
}