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Coinfection of Babesia and Borrelia in the Tick Ixodes ricinus-A Neglected Public Health Issue in Europe?
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- Jaenson, Thomas G.T. 1948- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Evolutionsmuseet,Systematisk biologi,Uppsala Univ, Evolutionary Biol Ctr, Dept Organismal Biol, Norbyvagen 18d, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Gray, Jeremy S. (författare)
- Univ Coll Dublin, UCD Sch Biol & Environm Sci, Dublin D04 N2E5, Ireland.
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- Lindgren, Per-Eric (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för inflammation och infektion,Medicinska fakulteten,Reg Jonkoping Cty, Sweden
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- Wilhelmsson, Peter (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för inflammation och infektion,Medicinska fakulteten,Reg Jonkoping Cty, Sweden
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- MDPI, 2024
- 2024
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Pathogens. - : MDPI. - 2076-0817. ; 13:1
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Abstract
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- Ixodes ricinus nymphs and adults removed from humans, and larvae and nymphs from birds, have been analysed for infection with Babesia species and Borrelia species previously in separately published studies. Here, we use the same data set to explore the coinfection pattern of Babesia and Borrelia species in the ticks. We also provide an overview of the ecology and potential public health importance in Sweden of I. ricinus infected both with zoonotic Babesia and Borrelia species. Among 1952 nymphs and adult ticks removed from humans, 3.1% were PCR-positive for Babesia spp. Of these Babesia-positive ticks, 43% were simultaneously Borrelia-positive. Among 1046 immatures of I. ricinus removed from birds, 2.5% were Babesia-positive, of which 38% were coinfected with Borrelia species. This study shows that in I. ricinus infesting humans or birds in Sweden, potentially zoonotic Babesia protozoa sometimes co-occur with human-pathogenic Borrelia spp. Diagnostic tests for Babesia spp. infection are rarely performed in Europe, and the medical significance of this pathogen in Europe could be underestimated.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Infektionsmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Infectious Medicine (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Zoologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Zoology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Mikrobiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Microbiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Babesia
- Borrelia
- babesiosis
- coinfection
- Ixodes ricinus
- Lyme borreliosis
- Sweden
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