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Migratory Passerine Birds as Reservoirs of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe
| العنوان: | Migratory Passerine Birds as Reservoirs of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe |
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| المؤلفون: | Pär Comstedt, Sven Bergström, Björn Olsen, Ulf Garpmo, Lisette Marjavaara, Hans Mejlon, Alan G. Barbour, Jonas Bunikis |
| المصدر: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 7, Pp 1087-1102 (2006) |
| بيانات النشر: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006. |
| سنة النشر: | 2006 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Spirochaetales, Borrelia, transmission, infection, competence, tick, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| الوصف: | To define the role of birds as reservoirs and disseminators of Borrelia spirochetes, we characterized tick infestation and reservoir competence of migratory passerine birds in Sweden. A total of 1,120 immature Ixodes ricinus ticks were removed from 13,260 birds and assayed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Borrelia, followed by DNA sequencing for species and genotype identification. Distributions of ticks on birds were aggregated, presumably because of varying encounters with ticks along migratory routes. Lyme borreliosis spirochetes were detected in 160 (14%) ticks. Borrelia garinii was the most common species in PCR-positive samples and included genotypes associated with human infections. Infestation prevalence with infected ticks was 5 times greater among ground-foraging birds than other bird species, but the 2 groups were equally competent in transmitting Borrelia. Migratory passerine birds host epidemiologically important vector ticks and Borrelia species and vary in effectiveness as reservoirs on the basis of their feeding behavior. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/7/06-0127_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1207.060127 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/827165dc629b47c29f3d304ba5aab262 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.827165dc629b47c29f3d304ba5aab262 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1207.060127 |