Publications
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| bartonella henselae in ixodes ricinus ticks (acari: ixodida) removed from humans, belluno province, italy. | the potential role of ticks as vectors of bartonella species has recently been suggested. in this study, we investigated the presence of bartonella species in 271 ticks removed from humans in belluno province, italy. by using primers derived from the 60-kda heat shock protein gene sequences, bartonella dna was amplified and sequenced from four ixodes ricinus ticks (1.48%). to confirm this finding, we performed amplification and partial sequencing of the pap31 protein and the cell division protei ... | 2003 | 12643827 |
| bartonella infections in fleas (siphonaptera: pulicidae) and lack of bartonellae in ticks (acari: ixodidae) from hungary. | fleas (95 pulex irritans, 50 ctenocephalides felis, 45 ctenocephalides canis) and ixodid ticks (223 ixodes ricinus, 231 dermacentor reticulatus, 204 haemaphysalis concinna) were collected in hungary and tested, in assays based on pcr, for bartonella infection. low percentages of p. irritans (4.2%) and c. felis (4.0%) were found to be infected. the groel sequences of the four isolates from p. irritans were different from all the homologous sequences for bartonellae previously stored in genbank bu ... | 2006 | 17252927 |
| bartonella henselae in ixodes ricinus ticks removed from dogs. | bartonella spp. is an etiologic agent of vector-borne infections. bartonella spp. was searched for in adult ixodes ricinus ticks removed from dogs and cats using specific polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and sequence analysis of glta gene. bartonella henselae dna was detected in 5 of 102 tested ticks. all pcr-positive ticks were removed from dogs. four of were engorged, one was unfed. the data demonstrate that b. henselae is able to inhabit ticks. this is the first report about the existence of b ... | 2007 | 17627437 |
| bartonella henselae in the human environment in poland. | the aim of the study was to determine the occurrence of bartonella henselae reservoir and vectors of infection in the close surroundings of human beings in urban areas of central poland. the study included mammals (54 dogs, 137 cats) and 102 adult ixodes ricinus ticks removed from cats and dogs. blood samples were drawn from each animal and cultured on chocolate agar plates and in mouse fibroblasts l-929 cell line culture. the levels of bartonella henselae igg antibodies were determined by indir ... | 2007 | 17852890 |
| transmission of bartonella henselae by ixodes ricinus. | bartonella spp. are facultative intracellular bacteria associated with several emerging diseases in humans and animals. b. henselae causes cat-scratch disease and is increasingly associated with several other syndromes, particularly ocular infections and endocarditis. cats are the main reservoir for b. henselae and the bacteria are transmitted to cats by cat fleas. however, new potential vectors are suspected of transmitting b. henselae, in particular, ixodes ricinus, the most abundant ixodid ti ... | 2008 | 18598628 |
| prevalence of bartonella henselae and borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato dna in ixodes ricinus ticks in europe. | bartonella spp. can cause persistent bloodstream infections in humans and animals. to determine whether bartonella henselae is present in questing ixodes ricinus ticks, we analyzed the prevalence of b. henselae dna among tick stages compared to the prevalence of dna from borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the pathogen most frequently transmitted by ticks. b. henselae dna was present with a prevalence of up to approximately 40% in tick populations sampled in four european sites (eberdingen, germany ... | 2010 | 20061459 |
| prevalence and seasonality of tick-borne pathogens in questing ixodes ricinus ticks from luxembourg. | in europe, ixodid ticks are important arthropod vectors of human and animal pathogens, but comprehensive studies of the prevalence of all relevant pathogens in central europe are scarce. as a result of ecological changes, the incidences of tick-borne infections are expected to increase. in this study, 1,394 nymphal and adult ixodes ricinus ticks sampled monthly during the active season from 33 ecologically distinct collection sites throughout luxembourg were screened for all human tick-borne pat ... | 2010 | 20228110 |
| absence of zoonotic bartonella species in questing ticks: first detection of bartonella clarridgeiae and rickettsia felis in cat fleas in the netherlands. | abstract: | 2011 | 21501464 |
| occurrence of bartonella henselae and borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato co-infections in ticks collected from humans in germany. | bartonella (b.) henselae is the zoonotic agent of cat scratch disease. b. henselae has been associated with therapy-resistant lyme disease in humans suggesting that b. henselae and borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato might be transmitted concurrently by ticks. in the present study we found that 16 (6.9%) of 230 ixodes ricinus collected from humans harboured dna of bartonella spp. fifteen positive ticks were infected with b. henselae and one tick with b. clarridgeiae. twenty-five percent of the 16 ba ... | 2011 | 21682805 |
| detection of leishmania infantum, babesia canis, and rickettsiae in ticks removed from dogs living in italy. | the aims of this study were to determine natural infections by anaplasma phagocytophilum/anaplasma platys, bartonella henselae, ehrlichia canis, leishmania infantum, rickettsia spp., babesia spp., and hepatozoon spp. by molecular methods in ticks (n=91) removed from dogs with clinical signs and laboratory abnormalities compatible with tick-borne diseases (n=22) living in italy and to assess the distribution and species of ticks encountered. ticks from dogs living in southern italy were all ident ... | 2012 | 23182545 |
| study on ticks and tick-borne zoonoses in public parks in italy. | a survey on tick density and on tick-borne zoonoses was carried out in four public parks in the outskirts of imola (northern italy) from june to october 2006. all stages of ixodes ricinus and only larvae of riphicephalus sanguineus were recovered by dragging, performed on 100-m transects. almost all ticks (99%) were harvested in one park. i. ricinus density (nymphs/100 m(2) ) ranged from 0 in park l to 6.3 in park f. nymphs and adults of i. ricinus were subjected to pcr for anaplasma phagocytoph ... | 2012 | 22551055 |
| molecular screening for bartonella henselae and borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato co-existence within ixodes ricinus populations in central and eastern parts of poland. | the presented study aimed at establishing the prevalence and co-infection rates of bartonella henselae and borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ixodes ricinus ticks collected from the central and eastern parts of poland. the common tick individuals were gathered in the years 2008-2009. questing ticks were sampled by dragging a white woollen flag over lower vegetation at 17 localities within diverse types of habitats: urban recreational green areas (city parks and squares), suburban forests and rur ... | 2012 | 23020038 |
| cat scratch disease caused by bartonella grahamii in an immunocompromised patient. | bartonella grahamii colonizes rodents worldwide and has been detected in questing ixodes ricinus ticks. here, the first human b. grahamii infection confirmed by multilocus sequence typing is reported. the route of transmission and clinical picture of the patient are similar to those seen in patients with cat scratch disease, which is typically diagnosed as a bartonella henselae infection. | 2013 | 23740723 |
| prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodes ricinus and dermacentor reticulatus ticks from different geographical locations in belarus. | worldwide, ticks are important vectors of human and animal pathogens. besides lyme borreliosis, a variety of other bacterial and protozoal tick-borne infections are of medical interest in europe. in this study, 553 questing and feeding ixodes ricinus (n = 327) and dermacentor reticulatus ticks (n = 226) were analysed by pcr for borrelia, rickettsia, anaplasma, coxiella, francisella and babesia species. overall, the pathogen prevalence in ticks was 30.6% for i. ricinus and 45.6% for d. reticulatu ... | 2013 | 23349900 |
| high-throughput screening of tick-borne pathogens in europe. | due to increased travel, climatic, and environmental changes, the incidence of tick-borne disease in both humans and animals is increasing throughout europe. therefore, extended surveillance tools are desirable. to accurately screen tick-borne pathogens (tbps), a large scale epidemiological study was conducted on 7050 ixodes ricinus nymphs collected from france, denmark, and the netherlands using a powerful new high-throughput approach. this advanced methodology permitted the simultaneous detect ... | 2014 | 25120960 |
| irspi, a tick serine protease inhibitor involved in tick feeding and bartonella henselae infection. | ixodes ricinus is the most widespread and abundant tick in europe, frequently bites humans, and is the vector of several pathogens including those responsible for lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and bartonellosis. these tick-borne pathogens are transmitted to vertebrate hosts via tick saliva during blood feeding, and tick salivary gland (sg) factors are likely implicated in transmission. in order to identify such tick factors, we characterized the transcriptome of ... | 2014 | 25057911 |
| bartonella henselae in eastern poland: the relationship between tick infection rates and the serological response of individuals occupationally exposed to tick bites. | to explore the potential role of ixodes ricinus as the presumed vector of bartonella henselae in eastern poland, ticks collected in various geographic locations were examined for the presence of b. henselae, and the results were matched against the prevalence of anti-b. henselae antibodies in individuals occupationally exposed to tick bites. the presence of bartonella dna was investigated by pcr in a total of 1,603 unfed ixodes ricinus ticks. the presence of igg antibodies against b. henselae wa ... | 2015 | 26047187 |
| seroprevalence of seven pathogens transmitted by the ixodes ricinus tick in forestry workers in france. | in order to assess the level of occupational exposure to the main pathogens transmitted by the ixodes ricinus tick, a seroprevalence study was performed on serum samples collected in 2003 from 2975 forestry workers of northeastern france. the global seroprevalence estimated for the seven pathogens studied was 14.1% (419/2975) for borrelia burgdorferi sl, 5.7% (164/2908) for francisella tularensis, 2.3% (68/2941) for tick-borne encephalitis virus, 1.7% (50/2908) for anaplasma phagocytophilum and ... | 2016 | 27237545 |
| molecular detection of bartonella henselae in 11 ixodes ricinus ticks extracted from a single cat. | bartonella henselae is a highly prevalent, vector-borne pathogen. transmission to humans and animals by ticks is discussed controversially. here, we present a case report, where eleven ixodes ricinus ticks all harbouring b. henselae dna were removed from one single cat. | 2017 | 28285589 |