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It is a major cause of abortion among sheep and may be responsible for reproductive losses in red deer in Spain. Airborne transmission is the most widespread; however, some studies suggested that ticks may play a role, but little is known about their actual involvement in the C. burnetii cycle. The aim of this study was to determine the role that Hyalomma lusitanicum (Koch) tick plays in the maintenance of this agent among wildlife in the meso-Mediterranean areas. We processed by PCR 53 swabs from wild rabbits, 21 liver samples from red deer, and 236 ticks collected at different stages. Coxiella burnetii DNA was detected in 43.40% of wild rabbits and 38.09% of red deer, supporting the hypothesis that these animals are quite likely to serve as a reservoir in the field. We also found a high prevalence of C. burnetii in ticks (55.66%). It is worth noting that 50.45% of positive ticks were collected from negative hosts, suggesting that the pathogen probably was acquired at a previous tick stage. Our results suggest transstadial transmission, and the presence of bacterial DNA in the offspring of positive female ticks is the first evidence of the transovarial transmission of C. burnetii by H. lusitanicum. Thus, this tick species seems to play an important role as a bridge of infection in the wildlife cycle, although further studies are needed to confirm vector competence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jme\/tjz169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,7]],"date-time":"2019-10-07T17:08:39Z","timestamp":1570468119000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii (Legionellales: Coxiellaceae) Infection Among Wildlife Species and the Tick Hyalomma lusitanicum (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Meso-Mediterranean Ecosystem"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"given":"Julia","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Villamagna S.A., Finca \u2018La Garganta', Villanueva de C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marta G","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Villamagna S.A., Finca \u2018La Garganta', Villanueva de C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"},{"name":"Grupo de Parasitolog\u00eda Animal, Animalario del Departamento de Reproducci\u00f3n Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"F\u00e9lix","family":"Valc\u00e1rcel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Parasitolog\u00eda Animal, Animalario del Departamento de Reproducci\u00f3n Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Villamagna S.A., Finca \u2018La Garganta', Villanueva de C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"},{"name":"Grupo de Parasitolog\u00eda Animal, Animalario del Departamento de Reproducci\u00f3n Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Raquel","family":"Mart\u00edn-Hern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bee Pathology Laboratory, Centro Ap\u00edcola Regional, JCCM, Marchamalo, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda","family":"Tercero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Villamagna S.A., Finca \u2018La Garganta', Villanueva de C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A Sonia","family":"Olmeda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, UCM, Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"2019100713083340100_CIT0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.14411\/fp.2008.009","article-title":"The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. 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