Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and spotted fever group rickettsiae in hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) parasitizing bats in Poland

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• 作者：Krzysztof Piksa ; Joanna Stańczak ; Beata Biernat ; Andrzej Górz…
• 关键词：Bats ; ticks ; Ectoparasites ; Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. ; SFG Rickettsia ; Poland
• 刊名：Parasitology Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：115
• 期：4
• 页码：1727-1731
• 全文大小：276 KB
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Biomedicine
  Medical Microbiology
  Microbiology
  Immunology
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-1955

文摘

A total of 491 Ixodes vespertilionis and 8 Ixodes ricinus collected from bats and cave walls in southern Poland between 2010 and 2012 were examined by the polymerase chain reaction for tick-transmitted pathogens. PCR analysis for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., Rickettsia spp., and Anaplasma phagocytophilum yielded negative results for all I. vespertilionis. DNA of Rickettsia helvetica was detected in three specimens of I. ricinus attached to Rhinolophus hipposideros or Myotis myotis, while Borrelia garinii was found in one tick parasitizing Myotis daubentonii. These pathogens were recorded for the first time in hard ticks that parasitized bats.