ArticleParasites & vectors2010
Role of sand lizards in the ecology of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in the Netherlands.
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- Importance of Common Wall Lizards in the Transmission Dynamics of Tick-Borne Pathogens in the Northern Apennine Mountains, Italy.Microbial ecology · 2017Article
- Predicting the risk of Lyme borreliosis after a tick bite, using a structural equation model.PloS one · 2017Article
- Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogen Diversities in Ticks from Livestock and Reptiles along the Shores and Adjacent Islands of Lake Victoria and Lake Baringo, Kenya.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2017Article
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- Circulation of four Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes in Europe.Parasites & vectors · 2014Article
- Ixodes ricinus and Its Transmitted Pathogens in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Europe: New Hazards and Relevance for Public Health.Frontiers in public health · 2014Review
- Tick-borne pathogen - reversed and conventional discovery of disease.Frontiers in public health · 2014Review
- Co-infection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Rickettsia species in ticks and in an erythema migrans patient.Parasites & vectors · 2013Article
- Ability to cause erythema migrans differs between Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates.Parasites & vectors · 2013Article
- Spatiotemporal dynamics of emerging pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundLizards are considered zooprophylactic for almost all Borrelia burgdorferi species, and act as dilution hosts in parts of North America. Whether European lizards significantly reduce the ability of B. burgdorferi to maintain itself in enzootic cycles, and consequently decrease the infection rate of Ixodes ricinus ticks for B. burgdorferi and other tick-borne pathogens in Western Europe is not clear.
resultsTicks were collected from sand lizards, their habitat (heath) and from the adjacent forest. DNA of tick-borne pathogens was detected by PCR followed by reverse line blotting. Tick densities were measured at all four locations by blanket dragging. Nymphs and adult ticks collected from lizards had a significantly lower (1.4%) prevalence of B. burgdorferi sensu lato, compared to questing ticks in heath (24%) or forest (19%). The prevalence of Rickettsia helvetica was significantly higher in ticks from lizards (19%) than those from woodland (10%) whereas neither was significantly different from the prevalence in ticks from heather (15%). The prevalence of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia spp in heather (12%) and forest (14%) were comparable, but significantly lower in ticks from sand lizards (5.4%). The prevalence of Babesia spp in ticks varied between 0 and 5.3%. Tick load of lizards ranged from 1 - 16. Tick densities were ~ 5-fold lower in the heather areas than in woodlands at all four sites.
conclusionsDespite their apparent low reservoir competence, the presence of sand lizards had insignificant impact on the B. burgdorferi s.l. infection rate of questing ticks. In contrast, sand lizards might act as reservoir hosts for R. helvetica. Remarkably, the public health risk from tick-borne diseases is approximately five times lower in heather than in woodland, due to the low tick densities in heather.
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