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Neglected tick-borne pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011-2014.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016 Feb; 7(1):107-112.TT

Abstract

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 spp., "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.

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Venclíková K
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
Mendel J
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic.
Betášová L
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic.
Blažejová H
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic.
Jedličková P
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic.
Straková P
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
Hubálek Z
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
Rudolf I
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: rudolf@ivb.cz.

MeSH

Anaplasma phagocytophilumAnimalsBabesiaCzech RepublicIxodesRickettsiaTime Factors

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

26482948

Citation

Venclíková, Kristýna, et al. "Neglected Tick-borne Pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011-2014." Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, vol. 7, no. 1, 2016, pp. 107-112.
Venclíková K, Mendel J, Betášová L, et al. Neglected tick-borne pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011-2014. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016;7(1):107-112.
Venclíková, K., Mendel, J., Betášová, L., Blažejová, H., Jedličková, P., Straková, P., Hubálek, Z., & Rudolf, I. (2016). Neglected tick-borne pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011-2014. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 7(1), 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.09.004
Venclíková K, et al. Neglected Tick-borne Pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011-2014. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016;7(1):107-112. PubMed PMID: 26482948.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Neglected tick-borne pathogens in the Czech Republic, 2011-2014. AU - Venclíková,Kristýna, AU - Mendel,Jan, AU - Betášová,Lenka, AU - Blažejová,Hana, AU - Jedličková,Petra, AU - Straková,Petra, AU - Hubálek,Zdenek, AU - Rudolf,Ivo, Y1 - 2015/09/24/ PY - 2015/05/29/received PY - 2015/09/02/revised PY - 2015/09/16/accepted PY - 2015/10/21/entrez PY - 2015/10/21/pubmed PY - 2016/9/8/medline KW - Anaplasma phagocytophilum KW - Babesia spp. KW - Ixodes ricinus KW - Rickettsia spp. KW - ‘Candidatus N. mikurensis’ SP - 107 EP - 112 JF - Ticks and tick-borne diseases JO - Ticks Tick Borne Dis VL - 7 IS - 1 N2 - 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 spp., "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. SN - 1877-9603 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/26482948/Neglected_tick_borne_pathogens_in_the_Czech_Republic_2011_2014_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -