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Effect of forest clearing on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l
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SYSNO ASEP 0040718 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Effect of forest clearing on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l Title Vliv proklestění lesa na abundanci klíštěte obecného Ixodes ricinus a na prevalenci spirochét Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. v klíšťatech Author(s) Hubálek, Zdeněk (UBO-W) RID, SAI, ORCID
Halouzka, Jiří (UBO-W) SAI
Juřicová, Zina (UBO-W) RID, SAI
Šikutová, Silvie (UBO-W) RID, SAI, SAI, ORCID
Rudolf, Ivo (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAISource Title Medical and Veterinary Entomology - ISSN 0269-283X
Roč. 20, č. 2 (2006), s. 166-172Number of pages 7 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords Ixodes ricinus ; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ; Lyme borreliosis risk Subject RIV FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology R&D Projects GA206/03/0726 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) CEZ AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011) DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00615.x Annotation Host-seeking Ixodes ricinus were collected on a forest trail completely cleared in winter 2002/03 from shrub and ground vegetation (treated forest, TF), and on a nearby control uncleared forest transect (untreated forest, UF) in South Moravia (Czech Republic) each May in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Nymphal ticks were 3.4 times, 1.9 times and 1.2 times less frequent on TF than on UF in the three respective years, while abundance of adult ticks decreased much more profoundly, 27.2 times, 4.0 times and 2.2 times, respectively. Prevalence of nymphal ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. (12.6% to 20.0%) did not differ significantly between TF and UF during the 3 years. The habitat modification therefore caused a decreased abundance of I. ricinus as well as a declined frequency of infected ticks (and thus indirectly a lower potential risk of human Lyme borreliosis) which lasted, however, only for 2 years. Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2007
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