NORTE, A. C., G. MARGOS, N. S. BECKER, J. A. RAMOS, M. S. NUNCIO, V. FINGERLE, P. M. ARAUJO, P. ADAMIK, H. ALIVIZATOS, E. BARBA, R. BARRIENTOS, L. CAUCHARD, T. CSORGO, A. DIAKOU, N. J. DINGEMANSE, B. DOLIGEZ, A. DUBIEC, T. EEVA, B. FLAISZ, T. GRIM, M. HAU, D. HEYLEN, S. HORNOK, S. KAZANTZIDIS, D. KOVATS, F. KRAUSE, I. LITERAK, R. MAND, L. MENTESANA, J. MORINAY, M. MUTANEN, J. M. NETO, Markéta NOVÁKOVÁ, J. J. SANZ, L. P. DA SILVA, H. SPRONG, I. S. TIRRI, J. TOROK, T. TRILAR, Z. TYLLER, M. E. VISSER and I. L. DE CARVALHO. Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen. Molecular Ecology. Hoboken: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2020, vol. 29, No 3, p. 485-501. ISSN 0962-1083. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15336.
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Original name Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen
Authors NORTE, A. C. (620 Portugal), G. MARGOS (620 Portugal), N. S. BECKER (276 Germany), J. A. RAMOS (276 Germany), M. S. NUNCIO (620 Portugal), V. FINGERLE (484 Mexico), P. M. ARAUJO (620 Portugal), P. ADAMIK (203 Czech Republic), H. ALIVIZATOS (300 Greece), E. BARBA (724 Spain), R. BARRIENTOS (724 Spain), L. CAUCHARD (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), T. CSORGO (348 Hungary), A. DIAKOU (300 Greece), N. J. DINGEMANSE (276 Germany), B. DOLIGEZ (250 France), A. DUBIEC (616 Poland), T. EEVA (246 Finland), B. FLAISZ (348 Hungary), T. GRIM (203 Czech Republic), M. HAU (276 Germany), D. HEYLEN (705 Slovenia), S. HORNOK (348 Hungary), S. KAZANTZIDIS (300 Greece), D. KOVATS (348 Hungary), F. KRAUSE (203 Czech Republic), I. LITERAK (203 Czech Republic), R. MAND (233 Estonia), L. MENTESANA (276 Germany), J. MORINAY (250 France), M. MUTANEN (246 Finland), J. M. NETO (752 Sweden), Markéta NOVÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), J. J. SANZ (724 Spain), L. P. DA SILVA (620 Portugal), H. SPRONG (528 Netherlands), I. S. TIRRI (246 Finland), J. TOROK (348 Hungary), T. TRILAR (705 Slovenia), Z. TYLLER (203 Czech Republic), M. E. VISSER (528 Netherlands) and I. L. DE CARVALHO (620 Portugal, guarantor).
Edition Molecular Ecology, Hoboken, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2020, 0962-1083.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 6.185
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/20:00116157
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15336
UT WoS 000506372800001
Keywords in English birds; Borrelia garinii; host-parasite interactions; Lyme borreliosis; migration; ticks
Tags 14110513, rivok
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Abstract
Birds are hosts for several zoonotic pathogens. Because of their high mobility, especially of longdistance migrants, birds can disperse these pathogens, affecting their distribution and phylogeography. We focused on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which includes the causative agents of Lyme borreliosis, as an example for tick-borne pathogens, to address the role of birds as propagation hosts of zoonotic agents at a large geographical scale. We collected ticks from passerine birds in 11 European countries. B. burgdorferi s.l. prevalence in Ixodes spp. was 37% and increased with latitude. The fieldfare Turdus pilaris and the blackbird T. merula carried ticks with the highest Borrelia prevalence (92 and 58%, respectively), whereas robin Erithacus rubecula ticks were the least infected (3.8%). Borrelia garinii was the most prevalent genospecies (61%), followed by B. valaisiana (24%), B. afzelii (9%), B. turdi (5%) and B. lusitaniae (0.5%). A novel Borrelia genospecies "Candidatus Borrelia aligera" was also detected. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of B. garinii isolates together with the global collection of B. garinii genotypes obtained from the Borrelia MLST public database revealed that: (a) there was little overlap among genotypes from different continents, (b) there was no geographical structuring within Europe, and (c) there was no evident association pattern detectable among B. garinii genotypes from ticks feeding on birds, questing ticks or human isolates. These findings strengthen the hypothesis that the population structure and evolutionary biology of tick-borne pathogens are shaped by their host associations and the movement patterns of these hosts.
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