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Europe-Wide Meta-Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Prevalence in Questing Ixodes ricinus Ticks

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    SYSNO ASEP0479254
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleEurope-Wide Meta-Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Prevalence in Questing Ixodes ricinus Ticks
    Author(s) Strnad, Martin (BC-A) ORCID
    Hönig, Václav (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Růžek, Daniel (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Grubhoffer, Libor (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Rego, Ryan O. M. (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Number of authors5
    Article numbere00609-17
    Source TitleApplied and Environmental Microbiology. - : American Society for Microbiology - ISSN 0099-2240
    Roč. 83, č. 15 (2017)
    Number of pages16 s.
    Publication formOnline - E
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    KeywordsBorrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ; tick ; Ixodes ricinus ; genospecies ; meta-analysis ; Lyme borreliosis ; Lyme disease
    Subject RIVEE - Microbiology, Virology
    OECD categoryMicrobiology
    Institutional supportBC-A - RVO:60077344
    UT WOS000406655100009
    EID SCOPUS85026307126
    DOI10.1128/AEM.00609-17
    AnnotationLyme borreliosis is the most common zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks in Europe and North America. Despite having multiple tick vectors, the causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, is vectored mainly by Ixodes ricinus in Europe. In the present study, we aimed to review and summarize the existing data published from 2010 to 2016 concerning the prevalence of B. burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes in questing I. ricinus ticks. The primary focus was to evaluate the infection rate of these bacteria in ticks, accounting for tick stage, adult tick gender, region, and detection method, as well as to investigate any changes in prevalence over time. The data obtained were compared to the findings of a previous metastudy. The literature search identified data from 23 countries, with 115,028 ticks, in total, inspected for infection with B. burgdorferi sensu lato. We showed that the infection rate was significantly higher in adults than in nymphs and in females than in males. We found significant differences between European regions, with the highest infection rates in Central Europe. The most common genospecies were B. afzelii and B. garinii, despite a negative correlation of their prevalence rates. No statistically significant differences were found among the prevalence rates determined by conventional PCR, nested PCR, and real-time PCR.
    WorkplaceBiology Centre (since 2006)
    ContactDana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
    Year of Publishing2018
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