Borrelia lusitaniae and Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis), Karst Region, Slovakia

Majláthová, Viktória; Majláth, Igor; Derdáková, Marketa; Víchová, Bronislava; Peťko, Branislav

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Borrelia lusitaniae and Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis), Karst Region, Slovakia

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Dec 2006

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Emerg Infect Dis. 12(12):1895-1901.

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Majláthová, Viktória ; Majláth, Igor ; Derdáková, Marketa ; Víchová, Bronislava ; Peťko, Branislav ;

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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.

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Borrelia lusitaniae and Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis), Karst Region, Slovakia

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