Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in South Bohemia (Czech Republic) – Spatial variability in Ixodes ricinus abundance, Borrelia burgdorferi and tick-borne encephalitis virus prevalence

Hönig, Václav; Švec, P.; Halas, Petr; Vavrušková, Zuzana; Tykalová, Hana; Kilian, Patrik; Vetišková, Vendula; Dorňáková, Veronika; Štěrbová, Jarmila; Šimonová, Zuzana; Erhart, Jan; Štěrba, Ján; Golovchenko, Maryna; Rudenko, Natalia; Grubhoffer, Libor

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.04.010

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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, ORCID}
Number of authors	15
Source Title	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases - ISSN 1877-959X Roč. 6, č. 5 (2015), s. 559-567
Number 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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