Seroprevalence of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in dogs and horses in Turkey

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-90

  Bhide, Mangesh ^a,b   Yilmaz, Zeki ^c   Golcu, Esin ^c   Torun, Serhat ^c   Mikula Sr , Ivan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borreliacidal antibody test; Dog; ELPAGA; Horse; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTH STATUS; HORSE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 46349110600     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Bushmick SL: Lyme Borreliosis in Domestic Animals. J Spirochetal & Tick-Borne Dis 1994, 1, 24-30.
2. Bhide M, Travnicek M, Curlik J, Stefancikova A: The importance of dogs in eco-epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis: a review. Vet Med-Czech 2004, 49, 135-142.
3. Bhide MR, Curlik J, Travnicek M, Lazar P: Protein A/G dependent ELISA a promising diagnostic tool in Lyme disease seroprevalence in game animals and hunting dogs. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2004, 27, 191-199.
4. Bhide MR, Travnicek M, Levkutova M, Curlik J, Revajova V, Levkut M: Sensitivity of Borrelia genospecies to serum complement from different animals and human: A host-pathogen relationship. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2005, 1, 165-172.
5. Cacciapuoti B, Ciarrocchi S, Ciceroni L: The complement-killing of Borrelia burgdorferi. Target antigens and sensitizing antibodies. Zentralbl Bakteriol 1998, 288(1), 121-129.
6. Carter SD, May C, Barnes A, Bennett D: Borrelia burgdorferi infection in UK horses. Equine Vet J 1994, 26, 187-190.
7. Callister SM, Jobe DA, Schell RF, Pavia CS, Lovrich SD: Sensitivity and specificity of the Borreliacidal-antibody test during early Lyme disease: a "gold standard"? Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 1996, 3(4), 399-402.
8. Callister SM, Jobe DA, Schell RF, Lovrich SD, Onheiber KL, Korshus JB: Detection of borreliacidal antibodies in dogs after challenge with Borrelia burgdorferi-infected Ixodes scapularis ticks. J Clin Microbiol 2000, 38(10), 3670-3674.
9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lyme disease - United States, 1999. Morbid Mortal Weekly Rep 2001, 50, 181-185.
10. Ciceroni L, Bartoloni A, Ciarrocchi S, Pinto A, Guglielmetti P, Valdez Vasquez C, Gamboa Barahona H, Roselli M, Paradisi F: Serologic survey for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in sheep, goats and dogs in Cordillera Province, Bolivia. Zentralbl Veterinarmed B. 1997, 44, 133-137.
11. Cohen ND, Heck FC, Heim B, Flad DM, Bosler EM, Cohen D: Seroprevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in a population of horses in central Texas. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1992, 201, 1030-1034.
12. Delgado S, Carmenes P: Seroepidemiological survey for Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme-disease) in dogs from northwestern of Spain. Eur J Epidemiol 1995, 11, 321-324.
13. Douglas KC, Edwards GH: Lyme disease in animals. Maryland Corporative Extension, fact sheet, 1989, 534.
14. Egenvall A, Franzen P, Gunnarsson A, Engvall EO, Vagsholm I, Wikstrom UB, Artursson K: Cross-sectional study of the seroprevalence to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and granulocytic Ehrlichia spp. and demographic, clinical and tick-exposure factors in Swedish horses. Prev Vet Med 2001, 49, 191-208.
15. Fritz CL, Kjemtrup AM: Lyme Borreliosis. J Am Vet Assoc 2003, 223, 1261-1270.
16. Goossens HAT, Van Den Bogaard AE, Nohlmans MKE: Dogs as Sentinels for Human Lyme Borreliosis in The Netherlands. J Clin Microbiol 2001, 39, 844-848.
17. Guner ES, Hashimoto N, Kadosaka T, Imai Y, Masuzawa T: A novel, fast-growing Borrelia sp. isolated from the hard tick Hyalomma aegyptium in Turkey. J Microbiol 2003, 149, 2539-2544.
18. Guner ES, Hashimoto N, Takada N, Kaneda K, Imai Y, Masuzawa T: First isolation and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains from Ixodes ricinus ticks in Turkey. J Med Microbiol 2003, 52, 807-813.
19. Kowalski JJ: Equine Internal Medicine. W.B. Saunders Co., London. 1998, 77-78.
20. Lappin MR: Practical Small Animal Internal Medicine. W.B. Saunders Comp., Philadelphia. 1997, 845-847.
21. Littman MP, Goldstein RE, Labato MA, Lappin MR, Moore GE: ACVIM small animal consensus statement on Lyme disease in dogs: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. J Vet Intern Med 2006, 20, 422-434.
22. Livanova NN, Morozova OV, Morozov IV, Beklemishev AB, Cabello FC, Dobrotvorsky AK: Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Novosibirsk region (West Siberia, Russia) based on direct PCR. Eur J Epidemiol 2003, 18, 1155-1158.
23. Magnarelli L, Fikrig E: Detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in naturally infected horses in the USA by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using whole-cell and recombinant antigens. Res Vet Sci 2005, 79, 99-103.
24. Mutlu G, Gultekin M, Ergin C, Kursun AE: Investigation of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in the Antalya region. Bull Microbiol 1995, 29, 1-6.
25. Nadelman RB, Wormser GP: Lyme borreliosis. Lancet 1998, 352, 557-565.
26. Salinas-Melendez JA, Avalos-Ramirez R, Riojas-Valdez VM, Martinez-Munoz A: Serological survey of canine borreliosis. Rev Latinoam Microbiol 1999, 41, 1-3.
27. Sheets JT, Rossi CA, Kearney BJ, Moore GE: Evaluation of a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi exposure in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2000, 216, 1418-1422.
28. Skotarczak B: Canine borreliosis - epidemiology and diagnostics. Ann Agric Environ Med 2002, 9, 137-140.
29. Skotarczak B, Wodecka B: Molecular evidence of the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in blood samples taken from dogs in Poland. Ann Agric Environ Med 2003, 10, 113-115.
30. Skotarczak B, Wodecka B, Rymaszewska A, Sawczuk M, Maciejewska A, Adamska M, Hermanowska-Szpakowicz T, Świerzbińska R: Prevalence of DNA and antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in dogs suspected of borreliosis. Ann Agric Environ Med 2005, 12, 199-205.
31. Trávniček M, Štefančiková A, Nazamová D, Stanko M, Čislaková L, Mardzinová S, Bhide M: Seroprevalence of anti-Borrelia antibodies in sheep and goats from mountainous areas of Slovakia. Ann Agric Environ Med 2002, 9, 153-155.
32. Trávniček M, Štefančiková A, Nadzamová D, Stanko M, Čisláková L, Pet'ko B, Mardzinová S, Bhide M: Serological evidence of IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in game animals and small mammals in eastern Slovakia. Rev Sci Tech Off Int Eipz 2003, 22, 1035-1041.
33. Zarkov IS, Marinov MM: The lyme disease: results of a serological study in sheep cows and dogs in Bulgaria. Rev Med Vet 2003, 154, 363-366.