Neglected tick-borne pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011–2014

Venclíková, Kristýna; Mendel, Jan; Betášová, Lenka; Blažejová, Hana; Jedličková, Petra; Straková, Petra; Hubálek, Zdeněk; Rudolf, Ivo

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.09.004

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Neglected tick-borne pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011–2014

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SYSNO ASEP	0451408
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Neglected tick-borne pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011–2014
Author(s)	Venclíková, Kristýna (UBO-W) Mendel, Jan (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, SAI, ORCID} Betášová, Lenka (UBO-W)_{SAI, RID} Blažejová, Hana (UBO-W)_SAI Jedličková, Petra (UBO-W)_{SAI, SAI} Straková, Petra (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Hubálek, Zdeněk (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Rudolf, Ivo (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Number of authors	8
Source Title	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases - ISSN 1877-959X Roč. 7, č. 1 (2016), s. 107-112
Number of pages	6 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	DE - Germany
Keywords	Ixodes ricinus ; Rickettsia spp. ; Candidatus N. mikurensis ; Anaplasma phagocytophilum ; Babesia spp.
Subject RIV	FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology
Institutional support	UBO-W - RVO:68081766
UT WOS	000366953400016
EID SCOPUS	84947430155
DOI	10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.09.004
Annotation	In this study, we screened a total of 2473 questing (years 2011–2014) and 199 engorged (years 2013 and 2014) Ixodes ricinus ticks for the presence of Rickettsia pp., “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis”, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia spp. Host-seeking ticks were collected at three study sites corresponding to natural woodland, urban park and pastureland ecosystem, and analyzed using molecular techniques. All pathogens tested were present at all study sites. The prevalence rates for Rickettsia spp., "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis", Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia spp. ranged from 2.6% to 9.2%, 0.8% to 11.6%, 0% to 12.1%, and 0% to 5.2%, respectively. Engorged I. ricinus ticks collected from sheep on pastureland in the years 2013 and 2014 yielded prevalence rates 7.4% and 6.3%, respectively, for Rickettsia spp., 38.5% and 14.1% for "Candidatus N. mikurensis", 18.5% and 12.5% for A. phagocytophilum, and 4.4% and 0.0% for Babesia spp. Monitoring of neglected tick-borne pathogens within the scope of epidemiological surveillance is an important tool for prevention and control of human tick-borne infections.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2017

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