Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from four sites in the UK.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis
; 9(2): 217-224, 2018 02.
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ABSTRACT
Borrelia miyamotoi is a spirochete bacterium related to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the cause of Lyme borreliosis, and vectored by ticks. In 2014, B. miyamotoi was identified in three questing Ixodes ricinus collected in the UK. We sought to confirm the presence of B. miyamotoi in the UK. Ticks were collected from four locations not previously investigated for B. miyamotoi or B. burgdorferi s.l. and of which two are considered as Lyme borreliosis "hotspots" based on hospital records of the disease. We independently confirm that B. miyamotoi is present in the UK and support the view that B. miyamotoi is likely to have a broad geographic distribution, at low levels. Our study also adds to the existing data on the distribution of B. burgdorferi s.l. in the UK and demonstrates that although the two "hotspots" had relatively high tick densities, they did not have the highest proportion of infected ticks.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Borrelia
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Ixodes
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ticks Tick Borne Dis
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido