Comparison of tick-borne pathogen prevalence in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in urban areas of Europe.

ABSTRACT: Tick-borne diseases are a major threat to human and animal health. An increasing number of natural habitats have been transformed into urban areas by human activity; hence, the number of reported tick bites in urban and suburban areas has risen. This retrospective analysis evaluated 53 scientific reports concerning infections of Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from urban and suburban areas of Europe between 1991 and 2017. The results indicate significant differences in many variables, including a higher number of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe. The opposite result was observed for Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis infections. A comparison of climate zones revealed that Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infections have the greatest median incidence rat

SUBMITTER: Grochowska A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7181685 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature