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Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) play an important role in the propagation of tick-borne pathogens

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    0566208 - BC 2024 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
    Lesiczka, P.M. - Rudenko, Natalia - Golovchenko, Maryna - Juránková, J. - Daněk, Ondřej - Modrý, David - Hrazdilová, K.
    Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) play an important role in the propagation of tick-borne pathogens.
    Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. Roč. 14, č. 1 (2023), č. článku 102076. ISSN 1877-959X. E-ISSN 1877-9603
    R&D Projects: GA MZe(CZ) QK1920258; GA MŠMT(CZ) LX22NPO5103
    Institutional support: RVO:60077344
    Keywords : Anaplasma * Babesia * Borrelia * Carnivores * Tickborne pathogens * Vulpes vulpes * Candidatus Neoehrlichia * Ehrlichia
    OECD category: Zoology
    Impact factor: 3.2, year: 2022
    Method of publishing: Open access
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X22001789?via%3Dihub

    The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the most widespread free-living carnivore in the world. Over the years, foxes have been recognized as hosts for a number of tick-borne pathogens. However, their role as reservoirs for zoonotic tick-borne diseases is poorly understood. The aim of our study was to investigate tick-borne pathogens in the red fox population in the Czech Republic. Out of 117 red foxes, 110 (94.02%) individuals tested positive for the presence of at least one pathogen by the combined PCR and sequencing approach. Hepatozoon canis was the most frequently detected pathogen (n = 95, 81.2%), followed by Babesia vulpes (n = 75, 64.1%). Babesia canis was not detected in our study. Four (3.42%) red foxes were positive for Candidatus Neoehrlichia sp., 3 (2.56%) for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and one red fox (0.85%) tested positive for the presence of Ehrlichia sp. DNA. Overall, DNA of spirochetes from the Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. complex was detected in 8.6% of the foxes and B. miyamotoi in 5.12% of the samples. As a carnivore found in all ecosystems of Central Europe, foxes obviously contribute to transmission of tick-borne pathogens such as A. phagocytophilum, B. burgdorferi s.l., and B. myia-motoi. In addition, foxes apparently harbour a community of pathogens, associated with this host in local ecological context, dominated by H. canis and B. vulpes (possibly also Candidatus Neoehrlichia sp.). These species have the potential to spread to the domestic dog population and should be included in the differential diagnosis of febrile diseases with hematologic abnormalities in dogs.
    Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0344211

     
     
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