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

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2019 Jul 20

PMID 31320705

Citations 44

Authors

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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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.

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