Activity of the tick Ixodes ricinus monitored in a suburban
park in Brno, Czech Republic, in association with evaluation of
selected repellents

J 2013

Activity of the tick Ixodes ricinus monitored in a suburban park in Brno, Czech Republic, in association with evaluation of selected repellents

ŽÁKOVSKÁ, Alena, Helena NEJEZCHLEBOVÁ, Naďa BARTOŇKOVÁ, Tereza RAŠOVSKÁ, Hana KUČEROVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Activity of the tick Ixodes ricinus monitored in a suburban park in Brno, Czech Republic, in association with evaluation of selected repellents

Name in Czech

Activity of the tick Ixodes ricinus monitored in a suburban park in Brno, Czech Republic, in association with evaluation of selected repellents

Authors

ŽÁKOVSKÁ, Alena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Helena NEJEZCHLEBOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Naďa BARTOŇKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tereza RAŠOVSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Hana KUČEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Adam NOREK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petra OVESNÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Vector Ecology, Wiley, 2013, 1081-1710

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30102 Immunology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.436

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/13:00071006

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12043.x

UT WoS

000326923500013

Keywords (in Czech)

Lyme borreliosis Ixodes ricinus ticks Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DEET repellents.

Keywords in English

Lyme borreliosis Ixodes ricinus ticks Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DEET repellents.

Abstract

V originále

The ever-increasing number of Lyme borreliosis patients led us to consider more effective procedures for disease prevention. The aim of our study was to monitor the annual activity and infectivity of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Pisárky region, City of Brno, CR, and to test the responses of the locally-captured ticks to selected repellents. The result of regular one-hour-per-week monitoring in 2011 was the collection of ticks that directly reflected the highest number of Lyme disease patients (4,835) detected throughout the period of recording in the Czech Republic. The ticks were examined for spirochaetes by dark field microscopy. The positive samples were identified by PCR analysis, confirming that 76% of these were infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Ticks were most abundant in May and June, with August having the highest risk for spirochaetal infection. Tick activity was statistically correlated with temperature. The moving-object-bioassay was used to study repellent efficiency on the Ixodes ricinus nymphs captured in the above-mentioned suburban park. Five selected commercial repellents based on DEET (N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide) showed statistically different effects on the non-repellent control group

Citovat

ŽÁKOVSKÁ, Alena, Helena NEJEZCHLEBOVÁ, Naďa BARTOŇKOVÁ, Tereza RAŠOVSKÁ, Hana KUČEROVÁ, Adam NOREK and Petra OVESNÁ. Activity of the tick Ixodes ricinus monitored in a suburban park in Brno, Czech Republic, in association with evaluation of selected repellents. Journal of Vector Ecology. Wiley, 2013, vol. 38, No 2, p. 295-300. ISSN 1081-1710. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12043.x.

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ŽÁKOVSKÁ, Alena, Helena NEJEZCHLEBOVÁ, Naďa BARTOŇKOVÁ, Tereza RAŠOVSKÁ, Hana KUČEROVÁ, Adam NOREK and Petra OVESNÁ. Activity of the tick Ixodes ricinus monitored in a suburban park in Brno, Czech Republic, in association with evaluation of selected repellents. \textit{Journal of Vector Ecology}. Wiley, 2013, vol.~38, No~2, p.~295-300. ISSN~1081-1710. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12043.x.

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