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Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans
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SYSNO ASEP 0102382 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans Title Borrelie v klíštěti Ixodes ricinus sajícím na lidech Author(s) Hubálek, Zdeněk (UBO-W) RID, RID, SAI, ORCID
Halouzka, Jiří (UBO-W) SAI
Juřicová, Zina (UBO-W) RID, SAISource Title Medical and Veterinary Entomology - ISSN 0269-283X
Roč. 18, č. 3 (2004), s. 228-231Number of pages 4 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords Borrelia burgdorferi ; Ixodes ricinus ; Lyme disease Subject RIV FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology R&D Projects GA206/03/0726 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) IBS6093007 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR) CEZ AV0Z6093917 - UBO-W DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00499.x Annotation A total of 298 Ixodes ricinus (L.) ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) feeding on humans in the Czech Republic were tested for borreliae (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) by darkfield microscopy between 1997 and 2003. A majority (68%) of the supplied I. ricinus ticks were nymphs, 25% were females and 7% were larvae. Overall, 20% of 74 examined females and 9% of 203 examined nymphs (but none of 21 examined larvae) were infected with borreliae. The proportion of ticks with a high infection load (>100 spirochetes) was 4% in females and 2% in nymphal I. ricinus. During the year, the highest numbers and proportions of infected nymphal and female ticks were taken from humans in June. Detection of borreliae in the ticks feeding on humans might be helpful in the prophylaxis of Lyme borreliosis. Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2005
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