Clinical and serological one-year follow-up of patients after the bite of Ixodes ricinus ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violeta T. Briciu ◽  
Mirela Flonta ◽  
Doina F. Ţăţulescu ◽  
Fabian Meyer ◽  
Daniela Sebah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borrelia Burgdorferi ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus Ticks ◽  
One Year

scholarly journals Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Norway: evaluation of a PCR test targeting the chromosomal flaB gene

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Jenkins ◽  
Dag Hvidsten ◽  
Andreas Matussek ◽  
Per-Eric Lindgren ◽  
Snorre Stuen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borrelia Burgdorferi ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus Ticks ◽  
Flab Gene ◽  
Pcr Test

Transmission of Borrelia afzelii from Apodemus mice and Clethrionomys voles to Ixodes ricinus ticks: differential transmission pattern and overwintering maintenance

Parasitology ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. HUMAIR ◽  
O. RAIS ◽  
L. GERN
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato ◽  
Glis Glis ◽  
Tick Vector ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus Ticks ◽  
Skin Biopsies ◽  
Differential Transmission ◽  
Apodemus Mice ◽  
Host Infection

This study deals with the ecology of Lyme borreliosis in Europe. The relationships between Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes, Clethrionomys and Apodemus rodent reservoirs and the Ixodes ricinus tick vector were investigated during 16 consecutive months in an enzootic area in Switzerland. Cultivation of ear skin biopsies was used to isolate spirochetes from C. glareolus, A. sylvaticus, A. flavicollis and Glis glis. Borrelia infection was more frequently observed in Clethrionomys than in Apodemus. Tick xenodiagnosis was used to determine the infectivity of rodents. The infection rate in ticks fed on Clethrionomys was higher than that in ticks fed on Apodemus, but Apodemus yielded more infected ticks than Clethrionomys because of a better tick moulting success. Xenodiagnostic ticks were placed into BSK medium to obtain isolates. Isolates from rodents and rodent-feeding ticks were all identified as B. afzelii. The follow-up of the infectivity status of repeatedly recaptured rodents clearly demonstrated that these hosts remained infective for ticks during winter till the following spring. Comparing C. glareolus and A. sylvaticus, each rodent species showed different host infection, different host infectivity and contributed differently to the moulting success of feeding ticks. These factors influence differentially the pattern of transmission of B. afzelii from Clethrionomys voles and Apodemus mice to I. ricinus ticks.

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