Landscape epidemiology of neglected tick-borne pathogens in central Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F21%3A73602590" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/21:73602590 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62157124:16270/21:43879683 RIV/62157124:16810/21:43879683
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.13845" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.13845</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13845" target="_blank" >10.1111/tbed.13845</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Landscape epidemiology of neglected tick-borne pathogens in central Europe
Original language description
Studies of tick-borne diseases (TBDs) in Europe focus on pathogens with principal medical importance (e.g. Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis), but we have limited epidemiological information on the neglected pathogens, such as the members of the generaAnaplasma,Rickettsia,BabesiaandCandidatusNeoehrlichia mikurensis. Here, we integrated an extensive field sampling, laboratory analysis and GIS models to provide first publicly available information on pathogen diversity, prevalence and infection risk for four overlooked zoonotic TBDs in the Czech Republic. In addition, we assessed the effect of landscape variables on the abundance of questing ticks at different spatial scales and examined whether pathogen prevalence increased with tick density. Our data from 13,340 ticks collected in 142 municipalities showed thatA. phagocytophilum(MIR = 3.5%) andCa. Neoehrlichia mikurensis (MIR = 4.0%) pose geographically uneven risks with localized hotspots, whileRickettsia(MIR = 4.9%) andBabesia(MIR = 1.1%) had relatively homogeneous spatial distribution. Landscape variables had significant effect on tick abundance up to the scale of 1 km around the sampling sites. Questing ticks responded positively to landscape diversity and configuration, especially to forest patch density that strongly correlates with the amount of woodland-grassland ecotones. For all four pathogens, we found higher prevalence in places with higher densities of ticks, confirming the hypothesis that tick abundance amplifies the risk of TB infection. Our findings highlight the importance of landscape parameters for tick vectors, likely due to their effect on small vertebrates as reservoir hosts. Future studies should explicitly investigate the combined effect of landscape parameters and the composition and population dynamics of hosts on the host-vector-pathogen system.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/NV16-33934A" target="_blank" >NV16-33934A: Hidden threat of natural foci of understudied tick-borne infections. Case of the genera Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Babesia</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
ISSN
1865-1674
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
68
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1685-1696
UT code for WoS article
000576035700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85092152127