Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans
Original language description
A total of 298 Ixodes ricinus (L.) ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) feeding on humans in the Czech Republic were tested for borreliae (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) by darkfield microscopy between 1997 and 2003. A majority (68%) of the supplied I. ricinus ticks were nymphs, 25% were females and 7% were larvae. Overall, 20% of 74 examined females and 9% of 203 examined nymphs (but none of 21 examined larvae) were infected with borreliae. The proportion of ticks with a high infection load (>100 spirochetes) was4% in females and 2% in nymphal I. ricinus. During the year, the highest numbers and proportions of infected nymphal and female ticks were taken from humans in June. Detection of borreliae in the ticks feeding on humans might be helpful in the prophylaxis of Lyme borreliosis.
Czech name
Borrelie v klíštěti Ixodes ricinus sajícím na lidech
Czech description
298 jedinců klíštěte Ixodes ricinus (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae) sajících na lidech v Česku bylo testováno v letech 1997 až 2003 na přítomnost Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato temnopolní mikroskopií. Většina (68%) doručených klíšťat byly nymfy, 25% samice a 7%larvy. Celkem 20% ze 74 vyšetřených samic a 9% z 203 nymf (avšak žádná z 21 larev) byly infikovány borreliemi. Podíl klíšťat s vysokou intenzitou infekce (>100 borrelií) byl 4% u samic a 2% u nymf. Nejvyšší počet infikovaných nymf a samic I. ricinus byldoručen v červnu. Detekce borrelií v klíšťatech napadajících člověka by mohla být důležitou pomocnou metodou při zvažování nasazení antibiotické profylaxe u lymské borreliózy.
Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FN - Epidemiology, infection diseases and clinical immunology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
Others
Publication year
2004
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Medical and veterinary entomology
ISSN
0269-283X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
228-231
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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