The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain

An epidemiological survey was undertaken to explore human exposure to Rickettsia slovaca in two provinces of northern Spain. When IFAT were used to test 200 members of the general population for antibodies to rickettsiae of the spotted-fever group, six (3.3%) were found positive, presumably, since D...

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Autores: Lledó García, María Lourdes|||0000-0001-5387-6792, Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel|||0000-0003-4986-1605, Fernández, N., Sousa, Rita, Saz Pérez, José Vicente, Álamo, Rufino, Pérez Sánchez, R., Fernández Soto, Pedro, Bacellar, Fatima
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
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Medicine
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spelling The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern SpainLledó García, María Lourdes|||0000-0001-5387-6792Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel|||0000-0003-4986-1605Fernández, N.Sousa, RitaSaz Pérez, José VicenteÁlamo, RufinoPérez Sánchez, R.Fernández Soto, PedroBacellar, FatimaMedicinaMedicineAn epidemiological survey was undertaken to explore human exposure to Rickettsia slovaca in two provinces of northern Spain. When IFAT were used to test 200 members of the general population for antibodies to rickettsiae of the spotted-fever group, six (3.3%) were found positive, presumably, since Dermacentor is one of the most common genera of human-biting tick in the study area, for antibodies to R. slovaca. Thirty-one (16.9%) of an additional 183 subjects who presented shortly after being bitten by ticks were also found seropositive. The difference in seroprevalence between the general and the tick-bitten populations was significant. Subject gender had no influence on seroprevalence in either population, although, in the tick-bitten group, age and occupation did have a significant influence on the prevalence recorded. Immunoblotting was used to confirm the presence of antibodies in the five subjects, all from the tick-bitten group, found to have acute infections. Three D. marginatus ticks obtained from three of these acute cases were found PCR-positive for R. slovaca DNA.20062006-06-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/61156https://dx.doi.org/10.1179/136485906X105570reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/611562026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain
title The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain
spellingShingle The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain
Lledó García, María Lourdes|||0000-0001-5387-6792
Medicina
Medicine
title_short The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain
title_full The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain
title_fullStr The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain
title_full_unstemmed The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain
title_sort The seroprevalence of human infection with Rickettsia slovaca, in an area of northern Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lledó García, María Lourdes|||0000-0001-5387-6792
Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel|||0000-0003-4986-1605
Fernández, N.
Sousa, Rita
Saz Pérez, José Vicente
Álamo, Rufino
Pérez Sánchez, R.
Fernández Soto, Pedro
Bacellar, Fatima
author Lledó García, María Lourdes|||0000-0001-5387-6792
author_facet Lledó García, María Lourdes|||0000-0001-5387-6792
Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel|||0000-0003-4986-1605
Fernández, N.
Sousa, Rita
Saz Pérez, José Vicente
Álamo, Rufino
Pérez Sánchez, R.
Fernández Soto, Pedro
Bacellar, Fatima
author_role author
author2 Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel|||0000-0003-4986-1605
Fernández, N.
Sousa, Rita
Saz Pérez, José Vicente
Álamo, Rufino
Pérez Sánchez, R.
Fernández Soto, Pedro
Bacellar, Fatima
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author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Medicina
Medicine
topic Medicina
Medicine
description An epidemiological survey was undertaken to explore human exposure to Rickettsia slovaca in two provinces of northern Spain. When IFAT were used to test 200 members of the general population for antibodies to rickettsiae of the spotted-fever group, six (3.3%) were found positive, presumably, since Dermacentor is one of the most common genera of human-biting tick in the study area, for antibodies to R. slovaca. Thirty-one (16.9%) of an additional 183 subjects who presented shortly after being bitten by ticks were also found seropositive. The difference in seroprevalence between the general and the tick-bitten populations was significant. Subject gender had no influence on seroprevalence in either population, although, in the tick-bitten group, age and occupation did have a significant influence on the prevalence recorded. Immunoblotting was used to confirm the presence of antibodies in the five subjects, all from the tick-bitten group, found to have acute infections. Three D. marginatus ticks obtained from three of these acute cases were found PCR-positive for R. slovaca DNA.
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