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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1998, p. 2735-2736, Vol. 36, No. 9
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Detection of Ehrlichia phagocytophila DNA in Ixodes ricinus Ticks from Areas in Switzerland Where Tick-Borne Fever Is Endemic

Nicola Pusterla,1,* Jon B. Huder,2 Hans Lutz,1 and Ueli Braun1

Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich,1 and the Swiss National Center for Retroviruses, University of Zurich, CH-8044 Zurich,2 Switzerland

Received 10 March 1998/Returned for modification 29 April 1998/Accepted 11 June 1998

A total of 1,523 adult Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from regions where bovine ehrlichiosis is endemic and were examined for Ehrlichia phagocytophila via PCR. Of the ticks from cattle with ehrlichiosis, the ticks from healthy cattle, and the free-living ticks, 26.5% (18 of 68), 4.4% (35 of 802), and 0.8% (5 of 653), respectively, were positive.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Phone: (0041) 1 635 83 51. Fax: (0041) 1 635 89 06. E-mail: pusterla{at}vetmed.unizh.ch.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1998, p. 2735-2736, Vol. 36, No. 9
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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