| seroepidemiologic study on lyme borreliosis in the lublin region. | the frequency of anti-borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in human sera of various groups of people from the lublin region was studied. in the indirect immunofluorescence test (ift) sera from 836 forestry workers and 56 farmers occupationally exposed to ticks were examined. fifty healthy blood donors from the city of lublin were examined as a control group. forestry workers showed positive response in 26%, whereas farmers in 11% and the control group in 6%. in elisa test, sera from 44 forestry worke ... | 1998 | 9860821 |
| preliminary studies on the relationship between ixodes ricinus activity and tick-borne infection among occupationally-exposed inhabitants of eastern poland. | relative density (activity) of the tick ixodes ricinus was determined in five districts of the lublin region (eastern poland) by vegetation flagging. tick activity values were compared to the determined by elisa tests seroprevalence to tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) and borrelia burgdorferi in forestry workers and farmers from the same areas. a significant correlation between tick activity and seroprevalence to both tbev and b. burgdorferi antigen was found in farmers and in the total exam ... | 2001 | 11748891 |
| study on the occurrence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) in ticks collected in lublin region (eastern poland). | in 114 ixodes ricinus ticks from 1 district of lublin region (eastern poland) examined by dark field microscopy method, the presence of motile spirochetes, morphologically corresponding to borrelia species was detected in 8.8% of the total examined ticks. the highest infection rate was noted among females (16.7%), much lower in males (7.1%) and nymphs (4.0%). examination of 550 ticks collected from 3 districts of the lublin region by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) showed that 5.3% of the total ... | 2002 | 12088406 |
| [incidence of tick-borne encephalitis virus and borrelia burgdorferi infections in farmers of the lublin province]. | the objective of the study was to evaluate the incidence of tick-borne encephalitis virus and borrelia burgdorferi infections in farmers of the lublin province. the study involved sero-epidemiological examinations of 242 farmers (the study group) and 50 healthy urban blood donors (the control group). in both tick-transmitted diseases, the frequency of sero-positive reactions was significantly higher in farmers than in controls. serological examinations for the detection of tick-borne encephaliti ... | 2003 | 12923996 |
| [prevalence of antibodies to anaplasma phagocytophilum and borrelia burgdorferi in forestry workers from the lublin region]. | ticks are recently regarded as ones of the most important vectors of emerging diseases. one of these diseases is human granulocytic ehrlichiosis caused by obligatory intracellular microorganism recently named as anaplasma phagocytophilum. 334 sera from forestry workers and 56 sera from blood donors (as a control group) were collected and examined for antibodies to a. phagocytophilum and b. burgdorferi. the antibodies were found statistically more frequently in sera from foresters compared to ser ... | 2004 | 16859027 |
| [evaluation of occurrence of spirochetes borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ixodes ricinus ticks in selected areas of the lublin region by polymerase chain reaction method (pcr)]. | during the period 2001-2002, 1098 ixodes ricinus ticks were collected at forest sampling sites and the degree of their infection with borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes was determined by means of polimerase chain reaction (pcr). the presence of borrelia burgdorferi genetic material was noted in 69 cases (6.3%). it was confirmed that the frequency of infection of adult forms of ticks (males and females) was nearly twice as high as nymphs. the highest degree of infection was observed in females--9.5 ... | 2003 | 16889023 |
| prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi genospecies in ixodes ricinus ticks from lublin region (eastern poland). | the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence rate of 3 borrelia burgdorferi genospecies in ixodes ricinus ticks collected from wooded areas of the lublin region (eastern poland). a group of 1,813 i. ricinus ticks from 6 districts were examined for the presence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (b.b.s.l.) by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). another group of 438 i. ricinus ticks collected from 4 districts were examined for the presence of b.b.s.l. by culture on bskh liquid medium co ... | 2006 | 17196005 |
| study on lyme borreliosis focus in the lublin region (eastern poland). | a suburban focus of lyme borreliosis situated 11 km from the southern border of the city of lublin (eastern poland) was characterized. the focus covers an area of circa 100 km(2), surrounding 3 localities inhabited by circa 7,500 people engaged mostly in farming. it was demonstrated that on the area of focus the infection rate of ixodes ricinus ticks with borrelia burgdorferi, frequency of serological response of inhabitants to the antigen of borrelia burgdorferi, and incidence of lyme borrelios ... | 2008 | 19061271 |
| the occurrence of toxoplasma gondii and borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ixodes ricinus ticks from east poland with the use of pcr. | 715 ixodes ricinus ticks from 4 regions of lublin macroregion (piotrowice, polesie national park, dabrowa and leczynsko-wlodawskie lakeland) were examined for the presence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and toxoplasma gondi, using polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and nested-pcr methods. the clonal type of samples tested positive for t. gondii was identified by amplification and fragmenting with restrictions enzymes (rflp-restriction fragment length polymorphism). positive results were confirm ... | 2009 | 20047269 |
| infections and mixed infections with the selected species of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex in ixodes ricinus ticks collected in eastern poland: a significant increase in the course of 5 years. | in the years 2008-2009 and 2013-2014, 1620 and 1500 questing ixodes ricinus ticks, respectively, were examined on the territory of the lublin province (eastern poland). the presence of three pathogenic species causing lyme disease was investigated: borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, b. afzelii and b. garinii. the proportion of i. ricinus ticks infected with b. burgdorferi sensu lato showed a highly significant increase between 2008-2009 and 2013-2014, from 6.0 to 15.3%. a significant increase w ... | 2015 | 26590929 |
| prevalence of infections and co-infections with 6 pathogens in dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected in eastern poland. | occurrence of co-infections with various pathogens in ixodid ticks creates a risk of increased severity of tick-borne diseases in humans and animals exposed to bite of the ticks carrying multiple pathogens. accordingly, co-infections in ticks were subject of numerous analyses, but almost exclusively with regard to ixodes ricinus complex whereas potential tick vectors belonging to other genera were much less studied. taking into consideration the role of dermacentor reticulatus in the transmissio ... | 2017 | 28378977 |
| serological surveillance of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases among hunters in eastern poland. | many etiological agents of zoonoses are considered as significant biological hazard to people visiting forested areas frequently, for instance, hunters. they may be exposed to ticks, rodents, and birds as well as excreta/secretions of wild animals or contaminated water and soil. hence, this population is at risk of contracting infection with pathogens such as borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), anaplasma phagocytophilum, babesia spp., tick-borne encephalitis virus, bartonella spp., francisel ... | 2016 | 28035113 |
| leptospirosis as a tick-borne disease? detection of leptospira spp. in ixodes ricinus ticks in eastern poland. | a total of 836 unfed ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from 2 forested areas of the lublin region in eastern poland. of these, 540 ticks were collected in area 'a', exposed to flooding from the vistula river, while the remaining 296 ticks were collected in suburban area 'b', not exposed to flooding. ticks were examined by nested-pcr for the presence of dna of leptospira spp. and of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, including its genospecies. the presence of the leptospira spp. dna was found in ... | 2012 | 23311784 |
| [the public health risk of ticks and tick-borne diseases in the south-eastern poland]. | the aim of the study was to estimate risk of tick-borne diseases among inhabitants of lublin macroregion. the incidence of lyme disease in the residents of lubelskie voivodeship increased from 2.9 to 6.3 in the period between 2002 and 2003. in 16% of patients studied there were systemic reactions observed after tick bite, while the local symptoms were noted in 56% of bitten subjects. our data indicates that 59% of the respondents have poor knowledge of ticks and tic-borne diseases. | 2004 | 16859031 |