Microorganisms associated with hedgehog arthropods

Benkacimi, Linda; Diarra, Adama Zan; Bompar, Jean-Michel; Bérenger, Jean-Michel; Parola, Philippe

doi:10.1186/s13071-023-05764-7

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Summary table of microorganisms detected in ticks and fleas collected from different hedgehog species worldwide

From: Microorganisms associated with hedgehog arthropods

Microorganism	Arthropod	Arthropod species	hedgehog host species	Location	References
Coxiella burnetii	Tick	Hyalomma excavatum	Hemiechinus auritus	Alexandria, Egypt	[28]
		Haemaphysalis flava	Erinaceus amurensis	Xianning City, Hubei Province, central China	[20]
		Haemaphysalis erinacei	Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
Borrelia afzelii	Tick	Ixodes hexagonus	Erinaceus europaeus	Karlsruhe, Germany	[41]
		Ixodes hexagonus	Unspecified	Germany	[42]
		Ixodes ricinus	Erinaceus europaeus	Karlsruhe, Germany	[41]
Borrelia spielmanii	Tick	Ixodes hexagonus	Erinaceus europaeus	Karlsruhe, Germany	[41]
		Ixodes hexagonus	Unspecified	Germany	[42]
		Ixodes ricinus	Erinaceus europaeus	Karlsruhe, Germany	[41]
Borrelia garinii	Tick	Ixodes hexagonus	Unspecified	Germany	[42]
Borrelia miyamotoi	Tick	Ixodes hexagonus	Unspecified	-	[3]
Borrelia miyamotoi	Tick	Ixodes ricinus	Unspecified	-	[3]
Borrelia bavariensis	Tick	Ixodes hexagonus	Unspecified	-	[3]
Borrelia bavariensis	Tick	Ixodes ricinus	Unspecified	-	[3]
Anaplasma phagocytophilum	Tick	Ixodes hexagonus	Erinaceus europaeus	Germany	[12]
			unspecified	Netherlands	[31]
			Unspecified	Baden-Württemberg, Germany	[31]
			Unspecified	Belgium	[3]
		Ixodes ricinus	Unspecified	Netherlands	[31]
			Unspecified	Baden-Württemberg, Germany	[31]
			Unspecified	Belgium	[3]
		Dermacentor nuttalli	Unspecified	Hebei Province, China	[46]
Anaplasma marginale	Tick	Rhipicephalus turanicus	Hemiechinus auritus	Zabol, south-eastern Iran	[26]
Anaplasma marginale	Tick	Ixodes hexagonus	Erinaceus europaeus	Netherlands	[26]
Anaplasma bovis	Tick	Haemaphysalis flava	Erinaceus amurensis	Xianning City, Hubei Province, central China	[20]
Ehrlichia spp. (phylogenetically close to Ehrlichia ewingii)	Tick	Haemaphysalis flava	Erinaceus amurensis	Xianning City, Hubei Province, central China	[20]
Ehrlichia spp.	Tick	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
Ehrlichia spp.	Tick	Haemaphysalis erinacei	Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
Wolbachia spp.	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
Wolbachia spp.	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Erinaceus europaeus	Spain	[32]
Rickettsia massiliae	Tick	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	Unspecified	north-east Algeria	[4]
			Unspecified	Algiers	[51]
			Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
			Erinaceus europaeus	Marseille, France	[16]
			Erinaceus europaeus	north and centre of Portugal	[13]
		Rhipicephalus turanicus	Unspecified	Algiers	[51]
Rickettsia conorii	Tick	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	Unspecified	Algiers	[51]
Rickettsia japonica	Tick	Haemaphysalis flava	Erinaceus amurensis	Xianning City, Hubei Province, central China	[20]
Rickettsia raoultii	Tick	Haemaphysalis flava	Erinaceus amurensis	Xianning City, Hubei Province, central China	[20]
Rickettsia helvetica	Tick	Ixodes hexagonus	UnspeNified	Belgium	[3]
		Ixodes ricinus	Unspecified	Belgium	[3]
Rickettsia sibirica sibirica	Tick	unspecified	Unspecified	suburb of Beijing	[4]
Rickettsia heilongjiangensis	Tick	Haemaphysalis flava	Erinaceus amurensis	Xuyi County, Southeast China	[25]
Rickettsia felis	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Atelerix algirus	Oran district, western Algeria	[51]
				Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
				north-east Algeria	[4]
				Ouled Driss, Souk Ahras, Algeria	[17]
			Erinaceus europaeus	Spain	[32]
			Erinaceus europaeus	Marseille, France	[16]
			Paraechinus aethiopicus	North-east Algeria	[4]
		Archaeopsylla erinacei maura	Erinaceus europaeus	Mértola, southern mainland Portugal	[35]
		Ctenocephalides felis	Atelerix algirus	Ouled Driss, Souk Ahras, Algeria	[17]
Rickettsia felis-like organisms	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Unspecified	Bavaria, Germany	[58]
Rickettsia asembonensis	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Erinaceus europaeus	North and center Portugal	[13]
Rickettsia typhi	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Erinaceus europaeus	Spain	[32]
Candidatus Rickettsia xuyiensis	Tick	Haemaphysalis flava	Erinaceus amurensis	Xuyi County, Southeast China	[25]
Uncultivated Rickettsia spp.	Tick	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	Atelerix algirus	North-east Algeria	[4]
		Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	Paraechinus aethiopicus	North-east Algeria	[4]
		Haemaphysalis erinacei	Atelerix algirus	North-east Algeria	[4]
		Haemaphysalis erinacei	Paraechinus aethiopicus	North-east Algeria	[4]
Uncultivated Rickettsia spp.	Tick	Haemaphysalis erinacei	Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
Leptospira spp.	Tick	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
Bartonella henselae	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Erinaceus roumanicus	Budapest, Hungary	[61]
Bartonella elizabethae	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Unspecified	Western Algeria	[60]
Bartonella clarridgeiae	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Unspecified	Western Algeria	[60]
Uncultivated Bartonella spp. (phylogenetically close to B. clarridgeiae)	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Atelerix algirus	Bouira province, northern Algeria	[21]
Mycobacterium spp.	Flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei	Erinaceus europaeus	Seville, Spain	[32]

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