Experimental study of relations of the argasid ticks Alveonasus lahorensis with Coxiella burnetii

The argasid ticks A. lahorensis can be infected with Coxiella burnetii on feeding on an infected rabbit. The adoptive pathogen reproduces in the ticks and accumulates in them up to 10(10) ID50 g(-1). Coxiella persists in the ticks at this level up to 156 days (the time of observation). The infected...

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Published in:	Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni no. 2; p. 40
Main Authors:	Mishchenko, O A, Tsvetkova, S M, Borisevich, S V, Grabarev, P A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 01-04-2010
Subjects:	Animals Arachnid Vectors - growth & development Arachnid Vectors - microbiology Coxiella burnetii - growth & development Female Guinea Pigs Metamorphosis, Biological Q Fever - transmission Rabbits Ticks - growth & development Ticks - microbiology
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Summary:	The argasid ticks A. lahorensis can be infected with Coxiella burnetii on feeding on an infected rabbit. The adoptive pathogen reproduces in the ticks and accumulates in them up to 10(10) ID50 g(-1). Coxiella persists in the ticks at this level up to 156 days (the time of observation). The infected ticks transmit Coxiella to guinea pigs while sucking. The ticks show transovarial transmission of Coxilla during metamorphosis. On this basis and with consideration for the fact that A. lahorensis uses a wide host range, it can long starve and retains Coxiella burnetii in the foci of Q fever.
ISSN:	0025-8326