Ticks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae
Language English Country Netherlands Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
26013915
DOI
10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.05.003
PII: S1877-959X(15)00085-0
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Azores, Birds, Borrelia turdi, Haemaphysalis punctata, Ixodes frontalis, Ticks,
- MeSH
- Borrelia isolation & purification MeSH
- Species Specificity MeSH
- Tick Infestations epidemiology microbiology parasitology MeSH
- Ticks microbiology MeSH
- Larva MeSH
- Bird Diseases epidemiology parasitology MeSH
- Nymph MeSH
- Passeriformes MeSH
- Rickettsia isolation & purification MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Azores MeSH
We examined the presence of borreliae and rickettsiae bacteria in ticks from wild passerine birds on three islands of the Archipelago of the Azores, the westernmost region of Palearctic. A total of 266 birds belonging to eight species from seven families were examined on São Miguel, Santa Maria and Graciosa islands in 2013. Ticks collected from these birds consisted of 55 Ixodes frontalis (22 larvae, 32 nymphs, 1 adult female) and 16 Haemaphysalis punctata nymphs. Turdus merula and Erithacus rubecula were the birds most infested with both tick species. Three T. merula in Santa Maria were infested with 4 I. frontalis infected with Borrelia turdi. No rickettsiae were found in the ticks. We report for the first time the presence of I. frontalis and B. turdi on the Azores islands and we showed that the spatial distribution reaches further west than previously thought.
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