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Assessment of tick-borne pathogens presence in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in north-eastern Poland.
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Advances in medical sciences [Adv Med Sci] 2021 Mar; Vol. 66 (1), pp. 113-118. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 16. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Purpose: Dermacentor reticulatus is the second most common tick species in Poland after Ixodes ricinus. The aim of the study was to analyze the presence of pathogen DNA in D. reticulatus.<br />Materials and Methods: Ticks were collected in The Protected Landscape Area of the Bug and Nurzec Valley (52°40' N and 22°28' E) between 2016 and 2017. End-point PCR for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp., Bartonella spp. and Coxiella burnetii detection was performed.<br />Results: Tick-borne pathogens' DNA was detected in 11.3% of 301 ticks: B. burgdorferi s.l. in 3.6%, Babesia spp. in 6.3%, A. phagocytophilum in 0.7% and B. burgdorferi s.l.-Babesia spp. co-infection in 0.7%. In all 21 Babesia spp. positive samples, sequence analysis confirmed the presence of Babesia canis with an 80.3%-98.3% homology with the B. canis sequences in GenBank. C. burnetii, Bartonella spp., and Rickettsia spp. DNA were not detected.<br />Conclusions: Dermacentor reticulatus from north-eastern Poland were found to carry three of the most common tick-borne pathogens (B. burgdorferi s.l., Babesia canis, A. phagocytophilum) which lead to single and mixed infections. Babesia canis was the most prevalent pathogen identified in D. reticulatus.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interests.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 Medical University of Bialystok. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum isolation & purification
Animals
Bartonella isolation & purification
Bartonella Infections microbiology
Borrelia burgdorferi isolation & purification
Coxiella burnetii isolation & purification
Ehrlichiosis microbiology
Humans
Lyme Disease microbiology
Poland epidemiology
Q Fever microbiology
Rickettsia isolation & purification
Rickettsia Infections microbiology
Tick-Borne Diseases microbiology
Anaplasma phagocytophilum pathogenicity
Bartonella pathogenicity
Borrelia burgdorferi pathogenicity
Coxiella burnetii pathogenicity
Dermacentor microbiology
Rickettsia pathogenicity
Tick-Borne Diseases epidemiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1898-4002
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Advances in medical sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33461099
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advms.2021.01.002