Transmission dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in a bird tick community
Transmission dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in a bird tick community
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DOI：
10.1111/1462-2920.12059
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发表时间：
2013-02-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Sprong, Hein
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作者：
Heylen, Dieter;Tijsse, Ellen;Sprong, Hein
我们研究了伯氏疏螺旋体广义循环蜱群落组成的三个物种（硬蜱蓖麻，我？额肌岛arboricola），但共享两个欧洲鸣禽主机（山雀和蓝冠）。山雀的感染率最高，主要是由于大量的I。蓖麻，可能是因为他们更大的低水平觅食。在喂养蜱的疏螺旋体的患病率没有显着差异，两种鸟类之间，但是，P。特别是主要主办了大量的疏螺旋体感染的I。额肌和我蓖麻幼虫，这表明该物种有利于疏螺旋体传播。低，但重要的数量疏螺旋体在探索我？arboricola蜱也提供了第一个现场数据，表明它有能力维持疏螺旋体。除了疏螺旋体？garinii，观察到大量的不太占优势的基因种，包括几种哺乳动物基因种和西北欧的第一个Borrelia turdi记录。广义伯氏疏螺旋体IGS基因型在I.？我和阿博里科拉蓖麻和我之间。额肌和我蓖麻，但不是我之间。我和阿博里科拉额肌这表明疏螺旋体属（Borrelia spp.）传播周期可以维持鸟类特有的蜱，和桥梁的I。蓖麻到其他宿主以外的鸟蜱周期。
We examined the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato circulation in a tick community consisting of three species (Ixodes ricinus, I.?frontalis, I.?arboricola) with contrasting ecologies, but sharing two European songbird hosts (Parus major and Cyanistes caeruleus). Parus major had the highest infestation rates, primarily due to larger numbers of I.?ricinus, and probably because of their greater low-level foraging. The prevalence of Borrelia in feeding ticks did not significantly differ between the two bird species; however, P.?major in particular hosted large numbers of Borrelia-infected I.?frontalis and I.?ricinus larvae, suggesting that the species facilitates Borrelia transmission. The low but significant numbers of Borrelia in questing I.?arboricola ticks also provides the first field data to suggest that it is competent in maintaining Borrelia. Aside from Borrelia?garinii, a high number of less dominant genospecies was observed, including several mammalian genospecies and the first record of Borrelia turdi for North-Western Europe. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato IGS genotypes were shared between I.?arboricola and I.?ricinus and between I.?frontalis and I.?ricinus, but not between I.?arboricola and I.?frontalis. This suggests that the Borrelia spp. transmission cycles can be maintained by bird-specific ticks, and bridged by I.?ricinus to other hosts outside bird-tick cycles.