Ticks are unlikely to play a role in leprosy transmission in the Comoros (East Africa) as they do not harbour
Mycobacterium leprae
cattle
leprosy
reservoir
ticks
transmission
vector
Journal
Frontiers in medicine
ISSN: 2296-858X
Titre abrégé: Front Med (Lausanne)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101648047
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
12
06
2023
accepted:
18
09
2023
medline:
20
10
2023
pubmed:
20
10
2023
entrez:
20
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Leprosy, one of the oldest known human diseases, continues to pose a global challenge for disease control due to an incomplete understanding of its transmission pathways. Ticks have been proposed as a potential contributor in leprosy transmission due to their importance as vectors for other infectious diseases. In 2010, a sampling of ticks residing on cattle was conducted on the islands Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli which constitute the Union of the Comoros where leprosy remains endemic. To investigate the potential role of ticks as a vector in transmission of leprosy disease, molecular analyses were conducted. Out of the 526 ticks analysed, none were found to harbour Therefore, our results suggest that in the Union of the Comoros, ticks are an unlikely vector for
Identifiants
pubmed: 37859857
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1238914
pmc: PMC10582737
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1238914Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Krausser, Chauvaux, Van Dyck-Lippens, Yssouf, Assoumani, Tortosa, de Jong and Braet.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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