title: Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and spotted fever group rickettsiae in hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) parasitizing bats in Poland.
abstract: A total of 491 Ixodes vespertilionis and 8 Ixodes ricinus collected from bats and cave walls in southern Poland between 2010 and 2012 were examined by the polymerase chain reaction for tick-transmitted pathogens. PCR analysis for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., Rickettsia spp., and Anaplasma phagocytophilum yielded negative results for all I. vespertilionis. DNA of Rickettsia helvetica was detected in three specimens of I. ricinus attached to Rhinolophus hipposideros or Myotis myotis, while Borrelia garinii was found in one tick parasitizing Myotis daubentonii. These pathogens were recorded for the first time in hard ticks that parasitized bats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vertebrate Zoology and Human Biology, Institute of Biology, Cracow Pedagogical University, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054, Kraków, Poland. krzychu@up.krakow.pl.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piksa
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Parasitology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 9B Powstania Styczniowego str., 81-519, Gdynia, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stańczak
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Parasitology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 9B Powstania Styczniowego str., 81-519, Gdynia, Poland.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biernat
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Cracow Pedagogical University, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Górz
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Cracow Pedagogical University, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowak-Chmura
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Cracow Pedagogical University, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Bats, ticks; Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Ectoparasites; Poland; SFG Rickettsia
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