@article{fdi:010068267,
  title = {{N}ew {R}ickettsia species in soft ticks {O}rnithodoros hasei collected from bats in {F}rench {G}uiana},
  author = {{T}ahir, {D}. and {S}ocolovschi, {C}. and {M}arie, {J}. {L}. and {G}anay, {G}. and {B}erenger, {J}. {M}. and {B}ompar, {J}. {M}. and {B}lanchet, {D}. and {C}heuret, {M}. and {M}ediannikov, {O}leg and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {D}avoust, {B}. and {P}arola, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n {F}rench {G}uiana, located on the northeastern coast of {S}outh {A}merica, bats of different species are very numerous. {T}he infection of bats and their ticks with zoonotic bacteria, especially {R}ickettsia species, is so far unknown. {I}n order to improve knowledge of these zoonotic pathogens in this {F}rench overseas department, the presence and diversity of tick-borne bacteria was investigated with molecular tools in bat ticks. {I}n the beginning of 2013, 32 bats were caught in {S}aint-{J}ean-du-{M}aroni, an area close to the coast of {F}rench {G}uiana, and the ticks of these animals were collected. {A} total of 354 larvae of {A}rgasidae soft ticks ({O}rnithodoros hasei) from 12 bats ({N}octilio albiventris) were collected and 107 of them were analysed. {DNA} was extracted from the samples and quantitative real-time {PCR} was carried out to detect {R}ickettsia spp., {B}artonella spp., {B}orrelia spp. and {C}oxiella burnetii. {A}ll tested samples were negative for {B}artonella spp., {B}orrelia spp. and {C}oxiella burnetii. {R}ickettsia {DNA} was detected in 31 (28.9%) ticks. {A}n almost entire (1118 base pairs long) sequence of the glt{A} gene was obtained after the amplification of some positive samples on conventional {PCR} and sequencing. {A} {B}ayesian tree was constructed using concatenated rrs, glt{A}, omp{A}, omp{B}, and gene {D} sequences. {T}he study of characteristic sequences shows that this {R}ickettsia species is very close (98.3-99.8%) genetically to {R}. peacockii. {N}evertheless, the comparative analysis of sequences obtained from glt{A}, omp{A}, omp{B}, rrs and gene {D} fragments demonstrated that this {R}ickettsia is different from the other members of the spotted fever group. {T}he sequences of this new species were deposited in {G}en{B}ank as {C}andidatus {R}ickettsia wissemanii. {T}his is the first report showing the presence of nucleic acid of {R}ickettsia in {O}rnithodoros hasei ticks from {S}outh {A}merican bats.},
  keywords = {{R}ickettsia spp. ; {B}at ; {F}rench {G}uiana ; {T}ick ; {O}rnithodoros hasei ; {C}andidatus {R}ickettsia wissemanii ; {GUYANE} {FRANCAISE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}icks and {T}ick-{B}orne {D}iseases},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1089--1096},
  ISSN = {1877-959{X}},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.09.004},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068267},
}