Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia
Background: Babesiosis is an emerging and potentially zoonotic disease caused by tick-borne piroplasmids of the Babesia genus. New genetic variants of piroplasmids with unknown associations to vectors and hosts are recognized. Data on the occurrence of Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife widen the k...
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| author | Hamšíkova, Zuzana Kazimirová, Mária Harustiakova, Danka Mahrikova, Lenka Slovak, Mirko Berthová, Lenka Kocianova, Elena Schnittger, Leonhard |
| author_browse | Berthová, Lenka Hamšíkova, Zuzana Harustiakova, Danka Kazimirová, Mária Kocianova, Elena Mahrikova, Lenka Schnittger, Leonhard Slovak, Mirko |
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| description | Background: Babesiosis is an emerging and potentially zoonotic disease caused by tick-borne piroplasmids of the Babesia genus. New genetic variants of piroplasmids with unknown associations to vectors and hosts are recognized.
Data on the occurrence of Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife widen the knowledge on the geographical distribution and circulation of piroplasmids in natural foci. Questing and rodent-attached ticks, rodents, and birds were screened for the presence of Babesia-specific DNA using molecular methods. Spatial and temporal differences of Babesia spp. prevalence in ticks and rodents from two contrasting habitats of Slovakia with sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks and co-infections of Candidatus N. mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum were investigated.
Results: Babesia spp. were detected in 1.5 % and 6.6 % of questing I. ricinus and H. concinna, respectively.
Prevalence of Babesia-infected I. ricinus was higher in a natural than an urban/suburban habitat. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Babesia spp. from I. ricinus clustered with Babesia microti, Babesia venatorum, Babesia canis, Babesia
capreoli/Babesia divergens, and Babesia odocoilei. Babesia spp. amplified from H. concinna segregated into two monophyletic clades, designated Babesia sp. 1 (Eurasia) and Babesia sp. 2 (Eurasia), each of which represents a yet undescribed novel species. The prevalence of infection in rodents (with Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus prevailing) with B. microti was 1.3 % in an urban/suburban and 4.2 % in a natural habitat. The majority of infected rodents (81.3 %) were positive for spleen and blood and the remaining for lungs and/or skin. Rodent-attached I. ricinus (accounting for 96.3 %) and H. concinna were infected with B. microti, B. venatorum, B. capreoli/B. divergens, Babesia sp. 1 (Eurasia), and Babesia sp. 2 (Eurasia). All B. microti and B. venatorum isolates were identical to known zoonotic strains from Europe. Less than 1.0 % of Babesia-positive ticks and rodents carried Candidatus N. mikurensis or A. phagocytophilum. |
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| spelling | INTA9632019-06-11T14:19:42Z Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia Hamšíkova, Zuzana Kazimirová, Mária Harustiakova, Danka Mahrikova, Lenka Slovak, Mirko Berthová, Lenka Kocianova, Elena Schnittger, Leonhard Enfermedades de los Animales Babesia Metastigmata Ixodes ricinus Babesiosis Vida Silvestre Animal Diseases Wildlife Garrapatas Background: Babesiosis is an emerging and potentially zoonotic disease caused by tick-borne piroplasmids of the Babesia genus. New genetic variants of piroplasmids with unknown associations to vectors and hosts are recognized. Data on the occurrence of Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife widen the knowledge on the geographical distribution and circulation of piroplasmids in natural foci. Questing and rodent-attached ticks, rodents, and birds were screened for the presence of Babesia-specific DNA using molecular methods. Spatial and temporal differences of Babesia spp. prevalence in ticks and rodents from two contrasting habitats of Slovakia with sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks and co-infections of Candidatus N. mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum were investigated. Results: Babesia spp. were detected in 1.5 % and 6.6 % of questing I. ricinus and H. concinna, respectively. Prevalence of Babesia-infected I. ricinus was higher in a natural than an urban/suburban habitat. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Babesia spp. from I. ricinus clustered with Babesia microti, Babesia venatorum, Babesia canis, Babesia capreoli/Babesia divergens, and Babesia odocoilei. Babesia spp. amplified from H. concinna segregated into two monophyletic clades, designated Babesia sp. 1 (Eurasia) and Babesia sp. 2 (Eurasia), each of which represents a yet undescribed novel species. The prevalence of infection in rodents (with Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus prevailing) with B. microti was 1.3 % in an urban/suburban and 4.2 % in a natural habitat. The majority of infected rodents (81.3 %) were positive for spleen and blood and the remaining for lungs and/or skin. Rodent-attached I. ricinus (accounting for 96.3 %) and H. concinna were infected with B. microti, B. venatorum, B. capreoli/B. divergens, Babesia sp. 1 (Eurasia), and Babesia sp. 2 (Eurasia). All B. microti and B. venatorum isolates were identical to known zoonotic strains from Europe. Less than 1.0 % of Babesia-positive ticks and rodents carried Candidatus N. mikurensis or A. phagocytophilum. Inst. de Patobiología Fil: Hamsikova, Zuzana. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Institute of Zoology; Eslovaquia Fil: Kazimirová, Mária. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Institute of Zoology; Eslovaquia Fil: Harustiakova, Danka. Masaryk University. Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses; República Checa Fil: Mahrikova, Lenka. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Institute of Zoology; Eslovaquia Fil: Slovak, Mirko. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Institute of Zoology; Eslovaquia Fil: Berthova, Lenka. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Biomedical Research Center. Institute of Virology; Eslovaquia Fil: Kocianova, Elena. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Biomedical Research Center. Institute of Virology; Eslovaquia Fil: Schnittger, Leonhard. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2017-08-14T17:24:08Z 2017-08-14T17:24:08Z 2016 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/963 https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13071-016-1560-z?site=parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com 1756-3305 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1560-z eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Slovakia (nation) Parasites & Vectors 9 : 292 |
| spellingShingle | Enfermedades de los Animales Babesia Metastigmata Ixodes ricinus Babesiosis Vida Silvestre Animal Diseases Wildlife Garrapatas Hamšíkova, Zuzana Kazimirová, Mária Harustiakova, Danka Mahrikova, Lenka Slovak, Mirko Berthová, Lenka Kocianova, Elena Schnittger, Leonhard Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia |
| title | Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia |
| title_full | Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia |
| title_fullStr | Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia |
| title_short | Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia |
| title_sort | babesia spp in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of slovakia |
| topic | Enfermedades de los Animales Babesia Metastigmata Ixodes ricinus Babesiosis Vida Silvestre Animal Diseases Wildlife Garrapatas |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/963 https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13071-016-1560-z?site=parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1560-z |
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