Viral Diversity of Tick Species Parasitizing Cattle and Dogs in Trinidad and Tobago

Abstract Ticks are vectors of a wide variety of pathogens that are implicated in mild to severe disease in humans and other animals. Nonetheless, the full range of tick-borne pathogens is unknown. Viruses, in particular, have been neglected in discovery efforts targeting tick-borne agents. High thro...

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Autores principales: Stephen Sameroff, Rafal Tokarz, Roxanne Albertha Charles, Komal Jain, Alexandra Oleynik, Xiaoyu Che, Karla Georges, Christine V. Carrington, W. Ian Lipkin, Chris Oura
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Sumario:Abstract Ticks are vectors of a wide variety of pathogens that are implicated in mild to severe disease in humans and other animals. Nonetheless, the full range of tick-borne pathogens is unknown. Viruses, in particular, have been neglected in discovery efforts targeting tick-borne agents. High throughput sequencing was used to characterize the virome of 638 ticks, including Rhipicephalus microplus (n = 320), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (n = 300), and Amblyomma ovale (n = 18) collected throughout Trinidad and Tobago in 2017 and 2018. Sequences representing nine viruses were identified, including five novel species within Tymovirales, Bunyavirales, Chuviridae, Rhabdoviridae, and Flaviviridae. Thereafter the frequency of detection of viral sequences in individual tick species was investigated.