High prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in ticks removed from human skin in North-Eastern Poland

• Autorzy: Grzeszczuk A. , Stanczak J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In order to examine the risk of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in humans, 76 Ixodes ricinus ticks and 3 Dermacentor reticulatus removed from humans were examined for the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by PCR targeting the16S rRNA gene. The average infection rate was 23.7% (18/76) in Ixodes ricinus ticks. A very high infection rate reaching 36.8% (14/38) was detected in female Ixodes ricinus, followed by males – 16.6% and nymphs – 10.5%. No infection was noted in larvae. All Dermacentor reticulatus also tested negative. The positive PCR products were sequenced and deposited in the Gen Bank (Accession No. DQ006828).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

human disease; skin; human infection; human skin; Poland; Dermacentor reticulatus; hard tick; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ixodes ricinus; tick

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: 13
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.45-48,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Grzeszczuk A.

• Medical University of Bialystok, Zurawia 14 St., 15-540 Bialystok, Poland

autor

Stanczak J.

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