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Synanthropic Birds Associated with High Prevalence of Tick-Borne Rickettsiae and with the First Detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hungary

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Cím:
Synanthropic Birds Associated with High Prevalence of Tick-Borne Rickettsiae and with the First Detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hungary
Létrehozó:
Hornok, Sándor
Csörgő, Tibor
Fuente, José de la
Gyuranecz, Miklós
Privigyei, Csaba
Meli, Marina L.
Kreizinger, Zsuzsa
Gönczi, Enikő
Fernández de Mera, Isabel G.
Hofmann-Lehman, Regina
Dátum:
2013
Téma:
R1 Medicine (General) / orvostudomány általában
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine / közegészségügy, higiénia, betegség-megelőzés
SV Veterinary science / állatorvostudomány
Tartalmi leírás:
The aim of this study was to analyze synanthropic birds as risk factors for introducing ticks and tick-borne
pathogens into human settlements, with an emphasis on rickettsiae. Altogether 184 subadult ticks were found on
5846 birds. Tick infestation was most prevalent during the spring. In this sample group the majority of ticks were
molecularly identified as Ixodes ricinus, and three individuals collected from the European robin as Hyalomma
marginatum marginatum. The latter is the first molecularly confirmed occurrence of this species in Hungary.
Rickettsia aeschlimannii was detected in H. marginatum, also for the first time in Hungary, and in ticks from an
urbanized bird species north of the Mediterranean countries. The overall prevalence range of rickettsiae (including
R. helvetica and R. monacensis) in ticks of synanthropic birds was 29?40%, exceeding that in questing ticks
of relevant species reported earlier. Additionally, in specimens of I. ricinus, the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi
sensu lato (s.l.), Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and a new Francisella-like genotype was also verified. Thus, it can be
concluded that birds with urban or periurban habitats pose a high risk as tick carriers and reservoirs of zoonotic
agents, especially of rickettsiae.
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Article
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Azonosító:
Hornok, Sándor and Csörgő, Tibor and Fuente, José de la and Gyuranecz, Miklós and Privigyei, Csaba and Meli, Marina L. and Kreizinger, Zsuzsa and Gönczi, Enikő and Fernández de Mera, Isabel G. and Hofmann-Lehman, Regina (2013) Synanthropic Birds Associated with High Prevalence of Tick-Borne Rickettsiae and with the First Detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hungary. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 13. pp. 77-83.
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