Abdulla H. H. A. M., Aboelsoued D., Fang T. K., Abdel-Shaft S., Megeed K. N. A., Parola P., Raoult D., Mediannikov Oleg. (2022). Molecular characterization of some equine vector-borne diseases and associated arthropods in Egypt. Acta Tropica, 227, 106274 [13 p.]. ISSN 0001-706X.
Titre du document
Molecular characterization of some equine vector-borne diseases and associated arthropods in Egypt
Année de publication
2022
Auteurs
Abdulla H. H. A. M., Aboelsoued D., Fang T. K., Abdel-Shaft S., Megeed K. N. A., Parola P., Raoult D., Mediannikov Oleg
Source
Acta Tropica, 2022,
227, 106274 [13 p.] ISSN 0001-706X
Equine vector-borne diseases (EVBDs) are emerging and re-emerging diseases, and most of them are zoonotic. This study aimed to investigate EVBDs in equines and associated arthropods (ticks and flies) from Egypt using molecular analyses, in addition to a preliminary characterization of associated ticks and flies by the matrixassisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) and molecular techniques. In this study, 335 blood samples were obtained from equines that appeared to be in good health (320 horses and 15 donkeys) in Cairo and Beni Suef provinces, Egypt. From the same animals, 166 arthropods (105 sucking flies and 61 ticks) were collected. Ticks and flies were preliminary characterized by the MALDI-TOF and molecular tools. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) and standard PCR coupled with sequencing were performed on the DNA of equines, ticks, and flies to screen multiple pathogens. The MALDI-TOF and molecular characterization of arthropods revealed that louse fly (Hippobosca equina) and cattle tick (Rhipicephalus annulatus) infesting equines. Anaplasma platys-like (1.6%), Anaplasma marginale (1.6%), Candidatus Ehrlichia rustica (6.6%), a new Ehrlichia sp. (4.9%), and Borrelia theileri (3.3%) were identified in R. annulatus. Anaplasma sp. and Borrelia sp. DNAs were only detected in H. equina by qPCR. A. marginale, Anaplasma ovis, and Theileria ovis recorded the same low infection rate (0.6%) in donkeys, while horses were found to be infected with Theileria equi and a new Theileria sp. Africa with recorded prevalence rates of 1.2% and 2.7%, respectively. In conclusion, different pathogens were first detected such as A. platys-like, Candidatus E. rustica, and a new Ehrlichia sp. in R. annulatus; A. marginale, A. ovis, and T. ovis in donkeys; and a new Theileria sp. "Africa" in horses.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
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Sciences du monde animal [080]
Description Géographique
EGYPTE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010085369]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010085369
