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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Majláthová, Viktória ; Majláth, Igor ; Derdáková, Marketa ; Víchová, Bronislava ; Peťko, Branislav
Majláthová, Viktória ; Majláth, Igor ; Derdáková, Marketa ; Víchová, Bronislava ; Peťko, Branislav Less -
Description:
In Europe, spirochetes within the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex are transmitted by Ixodes ricinus ticks. Specific associations are described between reservoir hosts and individual genospecies. We focused on green lizard (Lacerta viridis) as a host for ticks and potential host for borreliae. In 2004 and 2005, a total of 146 green lizards infested by ticks were captured, and 469 I. ricinus ticks were removed. Borrelial infection was detected in 16.6% of ticks from lizards. Of 102 skin biopsy specimens collected from lizards, 18.6% tested positive. The most frequently detected genospecies was B. lusitaniae (77.9%-94.7%). More than 19% of questing I. ricinus collected in areas where lizards were sampled tested positive for borreliae. B. garinii was the dominant species, and B. lusitaniae represented 11.1%. The presence of B. lusitaniae in skin biopsy specimens and in ticks that had fed on green lizards implicates this species in the transmission cycle of B. lusitaniae.
Subject:
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Animals
Base Sequence
Borrelia Burgdorferi Group
Borrelia Lusitaniae
Cytochromes B
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
Female
Flagellin
Green Lizard
Insect Vectors
Ixodes
Ixodes Ricinus
Karst
Lacerta Viridis
Lizards
Lyme Borreliosis
Lyme Disease
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Research
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Slovakia

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(12):1895-1901.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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