| winter infestation of wild birds by ticks and chiggers (acari: ixodidae, trombiculidae) in the czech republic. | in winter months during 2003-2006, wild birds were captured and examined for ticks and chiggers at two sites near brno, czech republic. in total, 1,362 birds, mostly passerines, were examined. the tick ixodes arboricola schulze et schlottke, 1929 was found on 47 (3%) birds of six species. ixodes ricinus linnaeus, 1758 was found on 11 (1%) birds of five species. larvae of chiggers ascoschoengastia latyshevi (schluger 1955) were found on 13 (1%) birds of six species. i. arboricola and a. latyshevi ... | 2007 | 17674046 |
| isolation, cultivation and identification of borrelia burgdorferi genospecies from ixodes ricinus ticks from the city of brno, czech republic. | a total of 305 ticks (21 larvae, 243 nymphs, 19 females and 22 males) were collected by flagging of vegetation in suburban woods of pisarky park (city of brno) from july to october 2002. the midgut of each tick was dissected out and transferred individually into bsk-h medium. after cultivation, all specimens were examined by dark-field microscopy (dfm) for the presence of borreliae. out of 305 tick samples, 45 were (14.8%) dfm positive. the following polymerase chain reaction (pcr) then revealed ... | 2007 | 17655181 |
| [analysis of the incidence of tularemia in the breclav district 1994-1999]. | southern moravia is one of the areas where there are long-term natural foci of tularaemia. in 1994 in the breclav district an exacerbation of the disease was recorded in hares. during autumn hunts a positive reaction was recorded in 5.75% of examined hares. an elevated seropositivity persisted also in subsequent years and at the same time a higher human morbidity in the mentioned region. the objective of the investigation was to assess the causes and circumstances which led to the exacerbation o ... | 2001 | 11233673 |
| [monitoring the prevalence of pathogenic borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks in two brno locations.] | objective: the aim of the article is to present the results of monitoring the prevalence of the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (bbsl) in ixodes ricinus ticks in two different locations in the city of brno, pisárky and zamilovaný hájek (zh). at the same time, factors potentially affecting the activity of ticks in these locations were studied. results of the monitoring carried out in the first three spring months of the year 2011 are compared with 2010 results. material and methods: ... | 2011 | 22161755 |
| influence of environmental factors on the occurrence of ixodes ricinus ticks in the urban locality of brno - pisárky, czech republic. | the occurrence of ixodes ricinus ticks was observed in the suburban locality of brno-pisárky (south moravia, czech republic) from march to november, 1996 to 2002. a total of 2,813 ticks was collected. statistical tests divided the activity of ticks into three periods during the year. the curve of seasonality had two peaks with a maximum in may and august, with a significantly larger number of specimens collected during this period compared to other months. the abundance of ticks during spring an ... | 2007 | 17633423 |
| natural foci of tick-borne encephalitis in central europe and the relationship of the incidence of ixodes ricinus to original ecosystems. | based on reports of the national epidemiological service on tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) morbidity in 1953-1987, data in the literature, and results of the author's own field research on the occurrence of the common tick, ixodes ricinus, foci of this disease have been identified on the territory of czechoslovakia. in bohemia a significant focus of tbe in the central bohemian region is located in the krivoklát area with forests and in the berounka, mid-vltava, and lower-sázava river basins, in t ... | 1995 | 7787824 |