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Anaplasma phagocytophilum prevalence in ticks and rodents in an urban and natural habitat in South-Western Slovakia

SVITÁLKOVÁ, Zuzana; Danka HARUŠTIAKOVÁ; Lenka MAHRÍKOVÁ; Lenka BERTHOVÁ; Mirko SLOVÁK et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Anaplasma phagocytophilum prevalence in ticks and rodents in an urban and natural habitat in South-Western Slovakia

Autoři

SVITÁLKOVÁ, Zuzana (703 Slovensko); Danka HARUŠTIAKOVÁ (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí); Lenka MAHRÍKOVÁ (703 Slovensko); Lenka BERTHOVÁ (703 Slovensko); Mirko SLOVÁK (703 Slovensko); Elena KOCIANOVÁ (703 Slovensko) a Mária KAZIMÍROVÁ (703 Slovensko)

Vydání

Parasites & Vectors, London, BioMed Central, 2015, 1756-3305

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30300 3.3 Health sciences

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.234

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14110/15:00083286

Organizační jednotka

Lékařská fakulta

DOI

UT WoS

000354849200001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-84940450188

Klíčová slova anglicky

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ixodes ricinus; Rodents; Tick-borne pathogen

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 1. 7. 2015 15:06, Soňa Böhmová

Anotace

V originále

Background: Ixodes ricinus is the principal vector of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the ethiological agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis in Europe. Anaplasmosis is an emerging zoonotic disease with a natural enzootic cycle. The reservoir competence of rodents is unclear. Monitoring of A. phagocytophilum prevalence in I. ricinus and rodents in various habitat types of Slovakia may contribute to the knowledge about the epidemiology of anaplasmosis in Central Europe. Methods: Over 4400 questing ixodid ticks, 1000 rodent-attached ticks and tissue samples of 606 rodents were screened for A. phagocytophilum DNA by real-time PCR targeting the msp2 gene. Ticks and rodents were captured along six transects in an urban/suburban and natural habitat in south-western Slovakia during 2011-2014. Estimates of wildlife (roe deer, red deer, fallow deer, mouflon, wild boar) densities in the study area were taken from hunter's yearly reports. Spatial and temporal differences in A. phagocytophilum prevalence in questing I. ricinus and relationships with relative abundance of ticks and wildlife were analysed. Results: Overall prevalence of A. phagocytophilum in questing I. ricinus was significantly higher in the urban/suburban habitat (7.2 %; 95 % CI: 6.1-8.3 %) compared to the natural habitat (3.1 %; 95 % CI: 2.5-3.9 %) (chi(2) = 37.451; P < 0.001). Significant local differences in prevalence of infected questing ticks were found among transects within each habitat as well as among years and between seasons. The trapped rodents belonged to six species. Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus prevailed in both habitats, Microtus arvalis was present only in the natural habitat. I. ricinus comprised 96.3 % of the rodent-attached ticks, the rest were Haemaphysalis concinna, Ixodes trianguliceps and Dermacentor reticulatus. Only 0.5 % of rodent skin and 0.6 % of rodent-attached ticks (only I. ricinus) were infected with A. phagocytophilum. Prevalence of A. phagocytophilum in questing I. ricinus did not correlate significantly with relative abundance of ticks or with abundance of wildlife in the area. Conclusion: The study confirms that urban I. ricinus populations are infected with A. phagocytophilum at a higher rate than in a natural habitat of south-western Slovakia and suggests that rodents are not the main reservoirs of the bacterium in the investigated area.