Journal
TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 315-318Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.11.007
Keywords
Amblyomma americanum; Filarial nematode; Monanema
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- National Institutes of Health Training Grant [T32AI007417]
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [R56AI116636, R01AI067371, R21AI111175, R21AI070178]
- Fairfax County Health Department
- A. Ralph and Sylvia E. Barr Fellowship in Vector Biology
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Ticks collected in 2011 were screened for the presence of filarial nematode genetic material, and positive samples were sequenced for analysis. Monanema-like filarial nematode DNA was recently discovered in Amblyomma americanum in northern Virginia, marking the first time genetic material from this parasite has been discovered in ticks in the state. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that this material was directly related to a previously discovered filarial nematode in A. americanum populations in Maryland as well as recently identified parasites in Ixodes scapularis from southern Connecticut. Further study is warranted to visually confirm the presence of these nematodes, characterize their distribution, and determine if these ticks are intermediate hosts. (C) 2015 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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