Molecular screening for bacterial pathogens in ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected on migratory birds captured in northern Italy

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://folia.paru.cas.cz/pdfs/fol/2018/01/08.pdf" target="_blank" >https://folia.paru.cas.cz/pdfs/fol/2018/01/08.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2018.008" target="_blank" >10.14411/fp.2018.008</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Molecular screening for bacterial pathogens in ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected on migratory birds captured in northern Italy

Original language description

Migratory birds have an important role in transporting ticks and associated tick-borne pathogens over long distances. In this study, 2,793 migratory birds were captured by nets in a ringing station, located in northern Italy, and checked for the presence of ticks. Two-hundred and fifty-one ticks were identified as nymphs and larvae of Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) and they were PCR-screened for the presence of bacteria belonging to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Rickettsia spp., Francisella tularensis and Coxiella burnetii. Four species of Borrelia (B. garinii, B. afzelii, B. valaisiana and B. lusitaniae) and three species of Rickettsia (R. monacensis, R. helvetica and Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii) were detected in 74 (30%) and 25 (10%) respectively out of 251 ticks examined. Co-infection with Borrelia spp. and Rickettsia spp. in the same tick sample was encountered in 7 (7%) out of the 99 infected ticks. We report for the first time the presence of Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii in I. ricinus collected on birds in Italy. This study, besides confirming the role of birds in dispersal of I. ricinus, highlights an important route by which tick-borne pathogens might spread across different countries and from natural environments towards urbanised areas.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Folia Parasitologica

ISSN

0015-5683

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

65

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUN 15 2018

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000436856900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85053402854