Sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks and Rickettsia and Babesia species in Slovakia

Švehlová, Andrea, Berthová, Lenka, Sallay, Balázs, Boldiš, Vojtech, Sparagano, Olivier and Špitalská, Eva (2014) Sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks and Rickettsia and Babesia species in Slovakia. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 5 (5). pp. 600-605. ISSN 1877-959X

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Abstract

Vojka nad Dunajom in the south-west of the Slovak Republic is a locality with sympatric occurrence of 3 species of ticks. This study investigated the spatial distribution of Dermacentor reticulatus, Ixodes ricinus, and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks in this area and determined the prevalence of Babesia and Rickettsia species in questing adults of these tick species considered as potential risk for humans and animals. Ticks were collected by blanket dragging over the vegetation from September 2011 to October 2012. All ticks were subjected to DNA extraction and individually assayed with PCR-based methods targeting the gltA, sca4, 23S rRNA genes of Rickettsia spp. and the 18S rRNA gene of Babesia spp.

D. reticulatus was the dominant species occurring in this area (67.7%, n = 600), followed by I. ricinus (31.8%, n = 282) and H. concinna (0.5%, n = 4) ticks. Rickettsial infection was determined in 10.8% (n = 65) and 11.7% (n = 33) of D. reticulatus and I. ricinus ticks, respectively. Babesia spp. infection was confirmed in 1.8% (n = 11) of D. reticulatus and 0.4% (n = 1) of I. ricinus ticks. DNA of 6 different pathogenic tick-borne species, Rickettsia helvetica, Rickettsia monacensis, Rickettsia slovaca, Rickettsia raoultii, Babesia canis, and Babesia venatorum were identified in this locality with sympatric occurrence of I. ricinus, D. reticulatus, and H. concinna ticks.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	PMID: 24973275 Published online ahead of print.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ixodes ricinus; Dermacentor reticulatus; Haemaphysalis concinna, Rickettsia spp., Babesia spp., Vojka nad Dunajom, Sympatric occurrence
Subjects:	C900 Others in Biological Sciences D900 Others in Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User:	Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2014 14:07
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 18:29
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/16754

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