Detection of Rickettsia spp. in Danish ticks (Acari: Ixodes ricinus) using real-time PCR

Scand J Infect Dis. 2009;41(1):70-2. doi: 10.1080/00365540802530653.

Abstract

We examined 192 Ixodes ricinus tick nymphs from Denmark for the presence of Rickettsia spp. We used a species-specific real-time PCR; 13.0% of the ticks were positive for rickettsial DNA. Only DNA from Rickettsia helvetica was found in the ticks.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Denmark
  • Ixodes / growth & development
  • Ixodes / microbiology*
  • Nymph / microbiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Rickettsia / classification
  • Rickettsia / genetics
  • Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
  • Species Specificity
  • Trees

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial