Author(s)

Carolina G. Sosa-Gutiérrez, Margarita Vargas, Javier Torres, Guadalupe Gordillo-Pérez

Facultad de Agrobiología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Uruapan, México.
Unidad de Investigación Médica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.

Tick-Borne Rickettsial Diseases (TBRD) are emerging zoonotic diseases, and a problem of human health and veterinary medication. The distribution of these diseases is related to the distribution of vector. The presence of pathogens in the host is a risk indicator of population exposure to these areas. A total of 478 tissues samples from rodents, A. phagocytophilum 18 (3.7%), E. canis 47 (9.8%), Rickettsia rickettsii 18 (3.7%) and E. chaffeensis 19 (3.9%) were detected using species-specific PCR assay. It is the first report in Mexico the presence of rodents infected with A. phagocytophilum and E. chaffeensis. The rodent Peromyscus spp. were the most commonly prevalent host of infection for all the bacteria’s. We have to consider as host of TBRD transmitter and provide a useful contribution to understanding their epidemiology. The health sector should be considered all the fevers of unknown causes in humans and animals in Mexico as infections by these vector-borne rickettsial pathogens.

Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Rickettsia rickettsii, Ehrlichia canis, Rodents

Sosa-Gutiérrez, C. , Vargas, M. , Torres, J. and Gordillo-Pérez, G. (2014) Tick-Borne Rickettsial Pathogens in Rodents from Mexico. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, 7, 884-889. doi: 10.4236/jbise.2014.711087.