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Hubálek, Z; Stünzner, D; Halouzka, J; Sixl, W; Wendelin, I; Juricová, Z; Sanogo, YO.
Prevalence of borreliae in ixodid ticks from a floodplain forest ecosystem.
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2003; 115(3-4):121-124 Doi: 10.1007/BF03040291
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Abstract:: Host-seeking ixodid ticks were sampled in a floodplain forest ecosystem along the lower reaches of the Thaya (Dyje) river in South Moravia (Czech Republic) and Lower Austria during the period 1989-2002. The ticks were examined by dark-field microscopy for borreliae (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the agent of Lyme borreliosis), and attempts were made to culture the spirochetes in BSK-H medium from preparations containing their high numbers. Isolated borreliae were identified by PCR-RFLP analysis using probes directed against ribosomal spacer genes. A total of 797 nymphal and 719 adult (391 female, 328 male) Ixodes ricinus were examined: 16.2% of nymphs, 28.6% of females and 29.0% of males were positive. Dermacentor reticulatus (70 females, 30 males) and Haemaphysalis concinna (12 nymphs, 8 females, 2 males) were negative for spirochetes. The overall prevalence rate of borreliae in I. ricinus from the floodplain forest is slightly higher than the mean European data (i.e., 14% for nymphs, 21% for adults). The difference in infection rate between nymphal and adult ticks was significant, including the proportion of heavily infected (with > 100 borreliae) nymphs (2.1%) vs. adults (7.6%). Prevalence of borreliae in I. ricinus showed a significant decrease during autumn in this ecosystem. Three strains of spirochetes, all of the Borrelia afzelii genomic group, were isolated from female I. ricinus. Moreover, Trypanosoma/Crithidia sp. protozoa and Dipetalonema rugosicauda nematodes were detected in 0.4% and 1.0%, respectively, of all I. ricinus.
Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing): Animals -; Austria -; Borrelia - genetics; Borrelia burgdorferi - genetics; Czech Republic - genetics; Ecosystem - genetics; Female - genetics; Genes, Bacterial - genetics; Ixodes - microbiology; Lyme Disease - transmission; Male - transmission; Polymerase Chain Reaction - transmission; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length - transmission; Trees - transmission
Find related publications in this database (Keywords): lyme borreliosis; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Borrelia afzelii; Ixodes ricinus; floodplain forest; Dipetalonema rugosicauda; Trypanosoma sp.