Journal article
A Molecular Survey of Tick-Borne Pathogens from Ticks Collected in Central Queensland, Australia
MJ Chalada, J Stenos, G Vincent, D Barker, RS Bradbury
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases | MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC | Published : 2018
Abstract
Central Queensland (CQ) is a large and isolated, low population density, remote tropical region of Australia with a varied environment. The region has a diverse fauna and several species of ticks that feed upon that fauna. This study examined 518 individual ticks: 177 Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick), 123 Haemaphysalis bancrofti (wallaby tick), 102 Rhipicephalus australis (Australian cattle tick), 47 Amblyomma triguttatum (ornate kangaroo tick), 57 Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), 9 Bothriocroton tachyglossi (CQ short-beaked echidna tick), and 3 Ornithodoros capensis (seabird soft tick). Tick midguts were pooled by common host or environment and screened for four genera of tick-b..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Mr. Saba Sinai for his assistance in the collection of ticks from inland CQ and Prof. Stephen Barker of University of Queensland for his assistance with confirmation of tick identifications. The authors thank the laboratory of Prof. Peter Irwin at Murdoch University for the provision of control DNA and technical advice. The authors would also like to thank Mr. Wayne Pederick and his employer, QML Pathology, for their assistance in transport of ticks. This work was funded by a grant from the Graduate Research Office of Central Queensland University.