[Tick spirochetosis by Borrelia burgdorferi in wild carnivores in France. Results of serologic tests in 372 foxes].
The authors made serological examination, by passive hemagglutination, of 378 wild carnivores killed in 17 departments of western, central and eastern parts of France: 372 of foxes, of which more than 90 per cent less than one year aged, 4 raccoon dogs and 2 lynx. In foxes, they found significative seropositivity (greater than or equal to 1/200) with mean frequencies of 12.77 per cent in young animals and 42.86 % in those of 1 year and more. According the parts of France, frequency is greatly varying, being highest in the department of Ain, in Jura. The frequency of antibodies against B. burgdorferi in foxes brings the authors to think that it is necessary to define precisely their importance as reservoirs for this infection.
Doby
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Service de Parasitologie médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Rennes.
Betremieux
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Barrat
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Rolland
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D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005602:France; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013987:Ticks
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
Spirochétose à tiques par Borrelia burgdorferi chez les carnivores sauvages en France. Résultats de l'examen sérologique de 372 renards.