scholarly journals Substrate prediction of Ixodes ricinus salivary lipocalins differentially expressed during Borrelia afzelii infection

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Valdés ◽  
Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz ◽  
Radek Sima ◽  
Philip T. Butterill ◽  
Daniel Růžek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
Substrate Prediction

scholarly journals Publisher Correction: Infection with Borrelia afzelii and manipulation of the egg surface microbiota have no effect on the fitness of immature Ixodes ricinus ticks

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Hurry ◽  
Elodie Maluenda ◽  
Anouk Sarr ◽  
Alessandro Belli ◽  
Phineas T. Hamilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus Ticks

scholarly journals Relative incompetence of European rabbits for Lyme disease spirochaetes

Parasitology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.-R. MATUSCHKA ◽  
T. W. SCHINKEL ◽  
B. KLUG ◽  
A. SPIELMAN ◽  
D. RICHTER
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Antibody Response ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
European Rabbits ◽  
Reservoir Hosts

To determine whether rabbits may serve as reservoir hosts for Lyme disease spirochaetes in Europe, we compared their competence as hosts for Borrelia afzelii, one of the most prevalent European spirochaetal variants, with that of the Mongolian jird. To infect rabbits or jirds, at least 3 nymphal or adult Ixodes ricinus ticks infected with spirochaetes fed to repletion on each animal. Whereas jirds readily acquired tick-borne Lyme disease spirochaetes and subsequently infected vector ticks, rabbits exposed to tick-borne spirochaetes rarely became infectious to ticks. Only the rabbit that was infectious to ticks developed an antibody response. To the extent that I. ricinus ticks feed on European rabbits, these mammals may be zooprophylactic by diverting vector ticks from more suitable reservoir competent hosts.

scholarly journals Larvae of Ixodes ricinus transmit Borrelia afzelii and B. miyamotoi to vertebrate hosts

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilian van Duijvendijk ◽  
Claudia Coipan ◽  
Alex Wagemakers ◽  
Manoj Fonville ◽  
Jasmin Ersöz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
Vertebrate Hosts

5. Rodents as hosts for Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia afzelii

2016 ◽  
pp. 63-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilian van Duijvendijk ◽  
Gerrit Gort ◽  
Willem Takken
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii

scholarly journals Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and its coinfection with Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks inhabiting Tver Province (Russia) – a sympatric region for both tick species

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 986-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Masuzawa ◽  
Igor G. Kharitonenkov ◽  
Yoshihiro Okamoto ◽  
Takashi Fukui ◽  
Norio Ohashi
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Anaplasma Phagocytophilum ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Ixodes Persulcatus ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii

scholarly journals Competition Between Strains of Borrelia afzelii in Immature Ixodes ricinus Ticks Is Not Affected by Season

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dolores Genné ◽  
Anouk Sarr ◽  
Olivier Rais ◽  
Maarten J. Voordouw
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus Ticks

Immunization with a polyvalent OspA vaccine protects mice against Ixodes ricinus tick bites infected by Borrelia burgdorferi ss, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii

Vaccine ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (14) ◽  
pp. 1551-1557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lise Gern ◽  
Chang Min Hu ◽  
Pierre Voet ◽  
Pierre Hauser ◽  
Yves Lobet
Keyword(s):  
Borrelia Burgdorferi ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Tick Bites ◽  
Borrelia Garinii ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
Ricinus Tick

Borrelia miyamotoi and Co-Infection with Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus Ticks and Rodents from Slovakia

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 1000-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Hamšíková ◽  
Claudia Coipan ◽  
Lenka Mahríková ◽  
Lenka Minichová ◽  
Hein Sprong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Miyamotoi ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus Ticks

scholarly journals Infection with Borrelia afzelii and manipulation of the egg surface microbiota have no effect on the fitness of immature Ixodes ricinus ticks

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Hurry ◽  
Elodie Maluenda ◽  
Anouk Sarr ◽  
Alessandro Belli ◽  
Phineas T. Hamilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Borreliosis ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Uninfected Control ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Arthropod Vectors ◽  
Vector Borne

AbstractArthropod vectors carry vector-borne pathogens that cause infectious disease in vertebrate hosts, and arthropod-associated microbiota, which consists of non-pathogenic microorganisms. Vector-borne pathogens and the microbiota can both influence the fitness of their arthropod vectors, and hence the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases. The bacterium Borrelia afzelii, which causes Lyme borreliosis in Europe, is transmitted among vertebrate reservoir hosts by Ixodes ricinus ticks, which also harbour a diverse microbiota of non-pathogenic bacteria. The purpose of this controlled study was to test whether B. afzelii and the tick-associated microbiota influence the fitness of I. ricinus. Eggs obtained from field-collected adult female ticks were surface sterilized (with bleach and ethanol), which reduced the abundance of the bacterial microbiota in the hatched I. ricinus larvae by 28-fold compared to larvae that hatched from control eggs washed with water. The dysbiosed and control larvae were subsequently fed on B. afzelii-infected or uninfected control mice, and the engorged larvae were left to moult into nymphs under laboratory conditions. I. ricinus larvae that fed on B. afzelii-infected mice had a significantly faster larva-to-nymph moulting time compared to larvae that fed on uninfected control mice, but the effect was small (2.4% reduction) and unlikely to be biologically significant. We found no evidence that B. afzelii infection or reduction of the larval microbiota influenced the four other life history traits of the immature I. ricinus ticks, which included engorged larval weight, unfed nymphal weight, larva-to-nymph moulting success, and immature tick survival. A retrospective power analysis found that our sampling effort had sufficient power (> 80%) to detect small effects (differences of 5% to 10%) of our treatments. Under the environmental conditions of this study, we conclude that B. afzelii and the egg surface microbiota had no meaningful effects on tick fitness and hence on the R0 of Lyme borreliosis.

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