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Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in South Bohemia (Czech Republic) – Spatial variability in Ixodes ricinus abundance, Borrelia burgdorferi and tick-borne encephalitis virus prevalence
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SYSNO ASEP 0450567 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in South Bohemia (Czech Republic) – Spatial variability in Ixodes ricinus abundance, Borrelia burgdorferi and tick-borne encephalitis virus prevalence Author(s) Hönig, Václav (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Švec, P. (CZ)
Halas, Petr (UGN-S) RID
Vavrušková, Zuzana (BC-A) ORCID
Tykalová, Hana (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Kilian, Patrik (BC-A)
Vetišková, Vendula (BC-A)
Dorňáková, Veronika (BC-A)
Štěrbová, Jarmila (BC-A)
Šimonová, Zuzana (BC-A)
Erhart, Jan (BC-A)
Štěrba, Ján (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Golovchenko, Maryna (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Rudenko, Natalia (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Grubhoffer, Libor (BC-A) RID, ORCIDNumber of authors 15 Source Title Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases - ISSN 1877-959X
Roč. 6, č. 5 (2015), s. 559-567Number of pages 9 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords tick ; tick-borne encephalitis ; ixodes ricinus ; environmental factors ; lyme borreliosis Subject RIV FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology Subject RIV - cooperation Biology Centre (since 2006) - Genetics ; Molecular Biology R&D Projects GD206/09/H026 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) EE2.3.30.0032 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support UGN-S - RVO:68145535 ; BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000359028300003 EID SCOPUS 2-s2.0-84937732370 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.04.010 Annotation Spatial distribution of Ixodes ricinus tick host-seeking activity, as well as prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) were studied in the TBE endemic area of South Bohemia (Czech Republic). High variability in tick abundance detected in a network of 30 study sites was most closely associated with characteristics of vegetation cover. Of 11,182 tested tick samples, 12% carried DNA of spirochete from B. burgdorferi s.l. complex. B. afzelii and B. garinii prevailed among spirochete species. The presence of B. spielmanii in the region was confirmed. The median number of borrelial genome copies in positive samples reached 6.6 × 103 by real-time PCR. The total prevalence of TBEV in pooled samples reached 0.32% (20,057 samples tested), at least one TBEV positive tick was present in 21 out of 30 sampling sites. Workplace Institute of Geonics Contact Lucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354 Year of Publishing 2016 Electronic address http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877959X15000783/1-s2.0-S1877959X15000783-main.pdf?_tid=8785a702-8de3-11e5-bd28-00000aacb35f&acdnat=1447844587_a91b4e4d404a70fda98b06e4950edb11
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