Wild Birds and Urban Ecology of Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2005-2010
Wild Birds and Urban Ecology of Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2005-2010
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DOI：
10.3201/eid1810.120511
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
影响因子：
11.8
通讯作者：
Hamer, Gabriel L.
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作者：
Hamer, Sarah A.;Goldberg, Tony L.;Hamer, Gabriel L.
鸟类促进蜱和相关病原体的引入被假定为促进蜱传人畜共患病向城市地区的入侵。2005-2010年期间在美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥郊区进行的一项纵向研究结果显示，在雾网捕获的6,180只野鸟中，有1.6%携带蜱虫。蜱种丰度依次为兔沼血蜱、齿硬蜱和硬蜱。在春季迁徙期间，采集了2种新热带蜱属Amblyomma。I.在研究开始时不存在肩胛蜱，但在研究结束时占蜱的大多数，并且主要在指定为城市绿色空间的区域捕获的鸟类上发现。在120只蜱中，5只感染伯氏疏螺旋体，跨越3种核糖体型，但没有感染嗜吞噬细胞无形体。结果允许有关繁殖体压力的推断引进蜱传疾病，并强调估计这种压力所需的大样本量。
Bird-facilitated introduction of ticks and associated pathogens is postulated to promote invasion of tick-borne zoonotic diseases into urban areas. Results of a longitudinal study conducted in suburban Chicago, Illinois, USA, during 2005-2010 show that 1.6% of 6,180 wild birds captured in mist nets harbored ticks. Tick species in order of abundance were Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, Ixodes dentatus, and I. scapularis, but 2 neotropical tick species of the genus Amblyomma were sampled during the spring migration. I. scapularis ticks were absent at the beginning of the study but constituted the majority of ticks by study end and were found predominantly on birds captured in areas designated as urban green spaces. Of 120 ticks, 5 were infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, spanning 3 ribotypes, but none were infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Results allow inferences about propagule pressure for introduction of tick-borne diseases and emphasize the large sample sizes required to estimate this pressure.