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2004
Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans
HUBÁLEK, Zdeněk, Jiří HALOUZKA and Zina JUŘICOVÁBasic information
Original name
Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans
Name in Czech
Borrelie v klíšťatech Ixodes ricinus přisátých na člověku
Authors
HUBÁLEK, Zdeněk, Jiří HALOUZKA and Zina JUŘICOVÁ
Edition
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, London, The Royal Entomological Society, 2004
Other information
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000223983000002
Keywords in English
Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; prophylaxis; Czech Republic
Změněno: 31/1/2005 15:07, prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc.
Abstract
V originále
A total of 298 Ixodes ricinus (L.) ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) feeding on humans in the Czech Republic were tested for borreliae (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) by darkfield microscopy between 1997 and 2003. A majority (68%) of the supplied I. ricinus ticks were nymphs, 25% were females and 7% were larvae. Overall, 20% of 74 examined females and 9% of 203 examined nymphs (but none of 21 examined larvae) were infected with borreliae. The proportion of ticks with a high infection load (>100 spirochetes) was 4% in females and 2% in nymphal I. ricinus. During the year, the highest numbers and proportions of infected nymphal and female ticks were taken off humans in June. Detection of borreliae in the ticks feeding on humans might be helpful in the prophylaxis of Lyme borreliosis.
Links
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