Publication details
Imunologická a molekulárně biologická analýza patogenních mikroorganismů získaných z klíšťat ve tkáních malých savců
| Title in English | Immunological and molecular biological analysis of pathogenic microorganisms obtained from ticks in tissues of small mammals |
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
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| Description | Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. is the origin of a zoonotic disease that is transmitted via ticks, in the case of L. interrograns s.l. it is the transmission of the disease through water contaminated by faeces of reservoir animals. Small mammals and birds are emerging as a reservoir of bacteria; rodents are particularly important. The infection occurs when the tick has been sucked into a positive host. During the next session, the pathogen is transferred together with the saliva of the tick into the blood of the new host.For direct identification of B. burgdorferi s.l. PCR was used in selected animal tissues. Antibodies IgM against B. burgdorferi s.l. were found in 23% of sera and 31% of heart rinses and IgG antibodies in 3% serum and 9% of cardiac rinses.Antibodies against L. interrogans were detected in 8% of heart rinses. B. burgdorferi s.l. PCR was detected in 35% samples. |