Detection of Endosymbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and Tickborne Pathogens in Humans Exposed to Tick Bites, Italy

During 2021, we collected blood and serum samples from 135 persons exposed to tick bites in southern Italy. We serologically and molecularly screened for zoonotic tickborne pathogens and only molecularly screened for Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii. Overall, 62 (45.9%) persons tested positive fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2022-09, Vol.28 (9), p.1824-1832
Hauptverfasser:	Sgroi, Giovanni, Iatta, Roberta, Lovreglio, Piero, Stufano, Angela, Laidoudi, Younes, Mendoza-Roldan, Jairo Alfonso, Bezerra-Santos, Marcos Antonio, Veneziano, Vincenzo, Di Gennaro, Francesco, Saracino, Annalisa, Chironna, Maria, Bandi, Claudio, Otranto, Domenico
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Arachnids bacteria Bacteria, Pathogenic Bites and stings Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii Causes of Complications and side effects Deoxyribonucleic acid Detection of Endosymbiont Diagnosis DNA endosymbiont Hunting Identification and classification Insect bites Midichloria mitochondrii and Tickborne Pathogens in Humans Exposed to Tick Bites, Italy Outdoor activities parasites Pathogens Phylogenetics Rickettsia Rural areas Serology Software Statistics Tick-borne diseases Trees vector-borne infections Veterinary medicine Zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung:	During 2021, we collected blood and serum samples from 135 persons exposed to tick bites in southern Italy. We serologically and molecularly screened for zoonotic tickborne pathogens and only molecularly screened for Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii. Overall, 62 (45.9%) persons tested positive for tickborne pathogens. Coxiella burnetii was detected most frequently (27.4%), along with Rickettsia spp. (21.5%) and Borrelia spp. (10.4%). We detected Candidatus M. mitochondrii DNA in 46 (34.1%) participants who had statistically significant associations to tickborne pathogens (p
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2809.220329