Synanthropic birds influence the distribution of Borrelia species: analysis of Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on passerine birds |
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| Authors: | Dubska Lenka Literak Ivan Kocianova Elena Taragelova Veronika Sverakova Veronika Sychra Oldrich Hromadko Miloslav |
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| Institution: | Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho 1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic,1 Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 842 45 Bratislava, Slovakia,2 Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia,3 Halasova 824, 500 09 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic4 |
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| Abstract: | Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from 835 birds and from vegetation in the Czech Republic were analyzed. Host-seeking ticks (n = 427) were infected predominantly by Borrelia afzelii (25%). Ticks (n = 1,012) from songbirds (Passeriformes) were infected commonly by Borrelia garinii (12.1%) and Borrelia valaisiana (13.4%). Juveniles of synanthropic birds, Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) and song thrushes (Turdus philomelos), were major reservoir hosts of B. garinii. |
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