Diversity in prevalence and genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks and rodents in Lithuania and Norway

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 180-187

  Paulauskas, Algimantas ^a   Ambrasiene, Daiva ^a   Radzijevskaja, Jana ^a   Rosef, Olav ^b   Turcinaviciene, Jurga ^c  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Diversity; Genospecies; Ixodes ricinus; Rodents; Ticks

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; FOREST; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; LITHUANIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MIXED INFECTION; MURIDAE; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SCIURUS VULGARIS; SEASHORE; SQUIRREL; VOLE;

EID: 48349144830     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Ambrasienė D., Turčinavičienė J., Vaščilo I., and Žygutienė M. The prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus ticks detected by PCR in Lithuania. Veterinarija ir Zootechnika 28 (2004) 45-47
2. Bormane A., Lucenko I., Duks A., Mavtchoutko V., Ranka R., Salmina K., and Baumanis V. Vectors of tick-borne diseases and epidemiological situation in Latviai in 1993-2002. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 293 Suppl. 37 (2004) 36-47
3. Cisak E., Wójcik-Fatla A., Stojek N., Chmielewska-Badora J., Zwoliński J., Buczek A., and Dutkiewicz J. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Lublin region. Ann. Agric. Environ. Med. 13 (2006) 301-306
4. Demaerschalck I., Messaoud A., Kesel M., Hoyois B., Lobet Y., Hoet P., Bigaignon G., Bollen A., and Godfroid E. Simultaneous presence of different Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies in biological fluids of Lyme disease patients. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33 (1995) 602-608
5. Derdakova M., and Lencakova D. Association of genetic variability within the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato with the ecology, epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis in Europe. Ann. Agric. Environ. Med. 12 (2005) 165-172
6. Gray J.S. The ecology of ticks transmitting Lyme borreliosis. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 22 (1998) 249-258
7. Gray J.S. Biology of Ixodes species ticks in relation to tick-borne zoonoses. Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 114 (2002) 473-478
8. Gray J.S., Kirstein F., and Robertson J. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks and rodents in a recreational park in south-western Ireland. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 23 (1999) 717-729
9. Hanincová K., Schäfer S., Etti S., Sewell H., Taragelova V., Ziak D., Labuda M., and Kurtenbach K. Association of Borrelia afzelii with rodents in Europe. Parasitology 126 (2003) 11-20
10. Humair P.F., and Gern L. The wild hidden face of Lyme borreliosis in Europe. Microbes Infect. 2 (2000) 915-922
11. Humair P.F., Rais O., and Gern L. Transmission of Borrelia afzelii from Apodemus mice and Clethrionomys voles to Ixodes ricinus ticks: differential transmission pattern and overwintering maintenance. Parasitology 118 (1999) 33-42
12. Jenkins A., Kristiansen B.E., Allum A.G., Aakre R.K., Strand L., Kleveland E.J., van de Pol I., and Schouls L. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Ehrlichia spp. in Ixodes ticks from southern Norway. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39 (2001) 3666-3671
13. Kurtenbach K., Peacey M., Rijpkema S., Hoodless A., Nuttall P., and Randolph S. Differential transmission of the genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by game birds and small rodents in England. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64 (1998) 1169-1174
14. Kurtenbach K., De Michelis S., Etti S., Schäfer S.M., Sewell H.S., Brade V., and Kraiczy P. Host association of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato - the key role of host complement. Trends Microbiol. 10 (2002) 74-79
15. Lencakova D., Hizo-Teufel C., Pet'ko B., Schulte-Spechtel U., Stanko M., Wilske B., and Fingerle V. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. OspA types in Ixodes ricinus ticks from selected localities in Slovakia and Poland. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 296 Suppl. 40 (2006) 108-118
16. Lindgren E., Tälleklint L., and Polfeldt T. Impact of climatic change on the northern latitude limit and population density of the disease-transmitting European tick, Ixodes ricinus. Environ. Health Perspect. 108 (2000) 119-123
17. Maetzel D., Maier W.A., and Kampen H. Borrelia burgdorferi infection prevalences in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in urban and suburban Bonn, western Germany. Parasitol. Res. 95 (2005) 5-12
18. Nygård K., Broch Brantsæter A., and Mehl R. Disseminated and chronic Lyme borreliosis in Norway, 1995-2004. Eurosurveill. 10 (2005) 235-238
19. Ostfeld R.S., Canham C.D., Oggenfuss K., Winchcombe R.J., and Keesing F. Climate, deer, rodents, and acorns as determinants of variation in Lyme-disease risk. PLoS Biol. 4 6 (2006) e145 Epub 2006, May 9
20. Parola P., and Raoult D. Tick-borne bacterial diseases emerging in Europe. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 7 (2001) 80-83
21. Paulauskas A., Radzijevskaja J., Rosef O., Turčinavičienė J., Ambrasienė D., and Makarevièiūtė D. Genetic variations of ticks (Ixodes ricinus L.) in the Lithuanian and Norwegian populations. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 40 (2006) 259-270
22. Pawełczyk A., Ogrzewalska M., Zadrozna I., and Siński P. The zoonotic reservoir of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Mazury lakes district of north-eastern Poland. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 293 Suppl. 37 (2004) 167-171
23. Rauter C., and Hartung T. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe: a meta-analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71 (2005) 7203-7216
24. Richter D., Schlee D.B., Allgower R., and Matuschka F. Relationship of a novel Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia spielmani sp. nov., with its hosts in central Europe. Appl. Environ. Microb. 70 (2004) 6414-6419
25. Siński E., Pawełczyk A., Bajer A., and Behnke J. Abundance of wild rodents, ticks and environmental risk of Lyme borreliosis: a longitudinal study in an area of mazury lakes district of Poland. Ann. Agric. Environ. Med. 13 (2006) 295-300
26. Smith R., Takkinen J., and Editorial Team. Lyme borreliosis: Europe-wide coordinated surveillance and action needed?. Eurosurveill. 11 (2006) E060622.1
27. Stańczak J., Racewicz M., Kubica-Biernat B., Kruminis-Łozowska W., Da{ogonek}browski J., Adamczyk A., and Markowska M. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) in different Polish woodlands. Ann. Agric. Environ. Med. 6 (1999) 127-132
28. Stańczak J., Kubica-Biernat B., Racewicz M., Kruminis-Łozowska W., and Kur W. Detection of three genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from different regions of Poland. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 290 Suppl. 40 (2000) 559-566
29. Süss J., and Schrader C. Tick-borne human pathogenic microorganisms found in Europe and those considered nonpathogenic. Part I: ticks and viruses. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 47 (2004) 392-404 [German]
30. Wang G., van Dam A., Schwarz I., and Dankert J. Molecular typing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: taxonomic, epidemiological, and clinical implications. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (1999) 633-653
31. Žygutienė M. The entomological and acarological situation in Lithuania. EpiNorth 2 (2000) 10-11