Tick-borne diseases constitute a problem for livestock and public health. Given the socio-economic and environmental conditions of the Colombian Caribbean, ticks are particularly abundant, in turn exposing domestic animals and people in contact with them to such diseases. This study evaluates the presence of Babesia spp., Anaplasma spp., Coxiella spp. and Borrelia spp. in domestic animal ticks (Amblyomma mixtum, A. dissimile, Dermacentor nitens, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and R. microplus) by conventional PCR. Findings show a prevalence of 12.5% of Babesia, 0% of Borrelia, 39.4% of Anaplasma and 52.9% of Coxiella, whereas 6.2% of a total sample of 104 tick pools presented coinfections between Babesia and Anaplasma. Among the molecularly identified species are Ba. vogeli, Ba. bigemina and A. marginale, in addition to two Coxiella species—one being C. mudrowiae and the other similar to an undescribed endosymbiont of Rhipicephalus sp. It is necessary to evaluate the vector capacity of ticks such as A. mixtum, D. nitens and R. sanguineus in the transmission of A. marginale. Moreover, it is necessary to explore the role that bacteria of the genus Coxiella might have both in the health of humans and animals, and in the metabolism and reproduction of ticks. This is the first report on Babesia vogeli and B. bigemina in ticks from the Colombian Caribbean, representing a risk to animal and human health.

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哥伦比亚加勒比地区与家畜有关的tick中病原体的分子检测。

ick传疾病是牲畜和公共卫生的问题。考虑到哥伦比亚加勒比海地区的社会经济和环境状况，tick虫特别丰富，从而使家畜和与之接触的人暴露于此类疾病。这项研究评估了巴贝虫属，无形体属，科氏杆菌属的存在。和Borrelia spp。在家畜蜱（花蜱mixtum，A. dissimile，革蜱鲷，血红扇头蜱和R. microplus）通过常规PCR。调查结果显示，巴贝斯虫病的患病率为12.5 ％，伯雷利亚氏菌，无浆膜的39.4％和Coxiella的52.9％，而在104个滴答池中，总样本的6.2％表现出巴贝虫和无浆膜之间的合并感染。在分子鉴定的物种中有Ba。vogeli，学士学位。bigemina和A.边缘无，除了两个贝氏物种之一是C. mudrowiae和其他类似的一个未描述共生细菌扇头蜱属 有必要评估蜱如矢量容量A. mixtum，D.鲷和血红扇头在A.marginale的传播中。此外，有必要探索科希氏菌属细菌在人类和动物健康以及s的代谢和繁殖中可能具有的作用。这是哥伦比亚加勒比海tick虫中的贝贝虫（Babesia vogeli）和双歧杆菌（B. bigemina）的第一份报告，对动物和人类健康构成威胁。