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Europe-Wide Meta-Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Prevalence in Questing Ixodes ricinus Ticks
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SYSNO ASEP 0479254 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Europe-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, ORCIDNumber of authors 5 Article number e00609-17 Source Title Applied and Environmental Microbiology. - : American Society for Microbiology - ISSN 0099-2240
Roč. 83, č. 15 (2017)Number of pages 16 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ; tick ; Ixodes ricinus ; genospecies ; meta-analysis ; Lyme borreliosis ; Lyme disease Subject RIV EE - Microbiology, Virology OECD category Microbiology Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000406655100009 EID SCOPUS 85026307126 DOI 10.1128/AEM.00609-17 Annotation Lyme 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. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2018
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