Prevalence of Francisella tularensis in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected in adjacent areas of the Czech and Austrian Republics
Jazyk angličtina Země Česko Médium print
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
9457420
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- MeSH
- arachnida jako vektory mikrobiologie MeSH
- Dermacentor mikrobiologie MeSH
- Francisella tularensis * klasifikace izolace a purifikace MeSH
- hustota populace MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- sladká voda MeSH
- stromy MeSH
- surveillance populace metody MeSH
- tularemie mikrobiologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
- Rakousko MeSH
A total of 1098 host-seeking adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks were examined in an active enzootic focus (floodplain meadow and forest ecosystem) of tularemia along the lower reaches of the Thaya (Dyje) river in South Moravia (Czech Republic) and adjacent Austria during the spring of 1996. Twenty-five isolates of Francisella tularensis were recovered (i.e., the overall minimum infection rate was 2.3%). The prevalence rate varied between 0.6% and 3.5% among four localities examined (two in Moravia and two in Austria) but the difference in the rate between Moravia (2.2%) and Austria (2.8%) has not been significant. The results show that D. reticulatus plays the role of an important vector in this extensive, perennial natural focus of tularemia.
Dermacentor reticulatus: a vector on the rise
