Vector-pathogen association: lack of congruence of phylogeograpical pattern of the vector tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) and of the Ricketssiales Ehrlichia ruminantium

s.n. 2014

Huber, Karine
Vachiery, Nathalie
Adakal, Hassane
Cangi, N.
Gordon, Jonathan
Haddad, Nadia
das Neves, L.
Stachurski, Frédéric

The hard ticks Amblyomma variegatum is the main vector of Ehrlichia ruminantium the pathogen responsible for heart water or cow driosis, a tropical disease of ruminants. This tick originates from sub-Saharan Africa and is now widely widespread. A. variegatum has been described for the first time in Madagascar in 1899, but its introduction is probably older and very likely concomitant with livestock introduction from Africa. A. variegatum has also been described in the Comoros, Mayotte, La Reunion and Mauritius islands. A. variegatum was probably introduced in the Caribbean area in the middle of the 18th century through cattle trade. Together with the tick, E. ruminantium was also introduced in these areas. Numerous and complex factors have an influence on the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases. Environmental factors, which may be deeply altered by human activities, have a direct impact on the system bacterium/vector. The creation of communication and trade routes have allowed human movements but also movement of animals, pathogens and vectors. These complex interactions may determine whether or not the vector and the pathogen would share similar phylogeographical patterns. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic and demographic phenomena that have shaped the present distribution and structure of A. variegatum together with the bacteria E. ruminantium. A phylogeographic approached has been carried out on A. variegatum, by analysing of two mitochondrial-DNA genes and on E. ruminantium using 2 multi-locus approaches, MLST (multilocus sequence typing) on Shouskeeping genes and MLVA on 7 VNTRs (Multiple Loci VNTR Analysis). On A. variegatum, this study has led to the identification of two main lineages one covering all the species distribution area on another one restricted to East Africa and Indian Ocean area while the MLST analysis of E. ruminantium shows two main clusters, one worldwide cluster including Caribbean, Indian Ocean and West and South Afric

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Vector-pathogen association: lack of congruence of phylogeograpical pattern of the vector tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) and of the Ricketssiales Ehrlichia ruminantium. Huber Karine, Vachiery Nathalie, Adakal Hassane, Cangi N., Gordon Jonathan, Haddad Nadia, das Neves L., Stachurski Frédéric. 2014. In : E-SOVE the 19th Conference 'When epidemic becomes endemic: a global challenge towards vector control', Thessaloniki, Greece, 13th-17th October 2014. Abstract book. European Society for Vector Ecology. s.l. : s.n., Résumé, 72. E-SOVE 2014. 19, Thessalonique, Grèce, 13 Octobre 2014/17 Octobre 2014.
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