Doğal yaşamdaki kaplumbağa ve kirpilerin kenelerinde zoonotik Borrelia burgdorferi sl. ve Rickettsia spp. varlığı

Year 2011, Volume: 1 Issue: 3, 166 - 170, 31.01.2014

Sırrı Kar , Nadim Yılmazer Kenan Midilli Sevgi Ergin Hatice Alp Ayşen Gargılı

Abstract

Amaç: Keneler tarafından bulaştırılan Riketsioz ve Borelyoz önemli zoonotik hastalıklardır. Çalışmada bu hastalıkların etkenleri Trakya yöresinde doğal alanlarda saptanan kaplumbağa ve kirpilerden toplanan kenelerde araştırılmıştır.
Yöntem: Toplam 438 kene larva, nimf ve erişkini nested-PCR yöntemi ile etkenler yönünden taranmıştır. 
Bulgular: Oluşturulan 28 örnek grubundan 8 tanesi sadece Rickettsia spp., 2 tanesi de Rickettsia spp. ve Borrelia burgdorferi sl. ile enfekte bulunmuştur. Kirpilerden toplanan kenelerde sadece Rickettsia spp. pozitifliği saptanmıştır. 
Sonuç: Çalışmanın sonuçları, doğal yaşamdaki kaplumbağa ve kirpilerin zoonotic hastalıklar açısından dikkate alınması ve izlenmesi gereğini vurgulamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler : Borrelia burgdorferi sl., Rickettsia spp., kaplumbağa, kirpi, Türkiye, Zoonoz

Keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sl., Rickettsia spp., kaplumbağa, kirpi, Türkiye, Zoonoz

Presence of the zoonotic borrelia Burgdorferi sl. and Rickettsia spp. in the ticks from wild tortoises and hedgehogs

Abstract

Objective: Rickettsiosis and borreliosis are two important tick- borne diseases. The presence of causative agents of these diseases was investigated in ticks collected from wild tortoises and hedgehogs in Thrace region of Turkey.
Method: A total of 438 ticks of all life stages were screened for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Rickettsia spp., by employing nested PCR. 
Results: Of 28 pools of tortoise ticks, eigth pools gave positive results for only Rickettsia spp., while two pools for both Rickettsia spp. and B. burgodferi s.l. No pathogen was detected in four pools of hedgehog ticks, but one pool including I. ricinus nymphs was positive for Rickettsia spp. 
Conclusion: The study revealed once again that tortoises and hedgehogs should be taken into account in terms of zoonotic diseases.

Key words: Borrelia burgdorferi sl., Rickettsia spp., tortoise, hedgehog, Turkey, Zoonosis

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