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

Claus Bo Svendsen From the Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, CopenhagenCorrespondence[email protected]

Karen A. Krogfelt From the Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen

Per Moestrup Jensen Department of Agriculture and Ecology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

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.

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