Inferring the Potential Distribution of an Emerging Rickettsiosis in America: The Case of Rickettsia parkeri

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作者
Moo-Llanes, David A. [1 ]
Oca-Aguilar, Ana C. Montes de [2 ]
Romero-Salas, Dora [3 ]
Sanchez-Montes, Sokani [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Inst Nacl Salud Publ INSP, Ctr Reg Invest Salud Publ CRISP, Tapachula 30700, Chiapas, Mexico
[2] Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Merida 97310, Yucatan, Mexico
[3] Univ Veracruzana, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Veracruz 91710, Veracruz, Mexico
[4] Univ Veracruzana, Fac Ciencias Biol & Agr, Tuxpan De Rodriguez Cano 92870, Veracruz, Mexico
[5] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Med Trop, Div Invest, Fac Med, Mexico City 06726, DF, Mexico
来源
PATHOGENS | 2021年 / 10卷 / 05期
关键词
vector-borne disease; ticks; ecological niche modeling; Rickettsia parkeri; America; ATLANTIC RAIN-FOREST; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ACARI IXODIDAE; CLIMATE-CHANGE; MAXENT; AGENT; TICKS; AREA;
D O I
10.3390/pathogens10050592
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Tick-borne rickettsioses represent a severe public health problem that has increased in recent decades by several activities that place human populations in contact with a wide range of vectors. In particular, Rickettsia parkeri, an eschar-associated spotted fever agent, represents an emerging pathogen that has been gradually identified throughout America. In the present work, we compiled an occurrence database of these bacteria, as well as its vectors, in order to identify the potential distribution of these bacteria and to detect the risk areas where this emerging pathogen may be circulating. The results show the at-risk areas to be broad regions in Central America, on the coast of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, part of Brazil and Argentina, and the greater part of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Particularly, in Mexico, conditions exist for widespread dissemination. Our results must be considered for the establishment of active acarological surveillance in previously unsampled areas, as well as the establishment of prevention measures for vulnerable populations and risk groups participating in outdoor activities that can place them in contact with this pathogen.
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