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Transmission of Borrelia afzelii from Apodemus mice and Clethrionomys voles to Ixodes ricinus ticks: differential transmission pattern and overwintering maintenance

Auteur(s)
Humair, Pierre-François
Rais, Olivier 
Institut de biologie 
Gern, Lise 
Institut de biologie 
Date de parution
1999
In
Parasitology
No
118
De la page
33
A la page
42
Mots-clés
  • Lyme borreliosis
  • ecology
  • reservoirs
  • rodents
  • Borrelia afzelii
  • overwintering
  • BURGDORFERI SENSU-LATO
  • LYME-DISEASE SPIROCHETE
  • RESERVOIR HOSTS
  • SP-NOV
  • ERINACEUS-EUROPAEUS
  • EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG
  • ENDEMIC AREAS
  • RODENTS
  • SWITZERLAND
  • IXODIDAE
  • Lyme borreliosis

  • ecology

  • reservoirs

  • rodents

  • Borrelia afzelii

  • overwintering

  • BURGDORFERI SENSU-LAT...

  • LYME-DISEASE SPIROCHE...

  • RESERVOIR HOSTS

  • SP-NOV

  • ERINACEUS-EUROPAEUS

  • EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG

  • ENDEMIC AREAS

  • RODENTS

  • SWITZERLAND

  • IXODIDAE

Résumé
This study deals with the ecology of Lyme borreliosis in Europe. The relationships between Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes, Clethrionomys and Apodemus rodent reservoirs and the Ixodes ricinus tick vector were investigated during 16 consecutive months in an enzootic area in Switzerland. Cultivation of ear skin biopsies was used to isolate spirochetes from C. glareolus, A. sylvaticus, A. flavicollis and Glis glis. Borrelia infection was more frequently observed in Clethrionomys than in Apodemus. Tick xenodiagnosis was used to determine the infectivity of rodents. The infection rate in licks fed on Clethrionomys was higher than that in licks fed on Apodemus, but Apodemus yielded more infected ticks than Clethrionomys because of a better tick moulting success. Xenodiagnostic ticks were placed into BSK medium to obtain isolates. Isolates from rodents and rodent-feeding ticks were all identified as B. afzelii. The follow-up of the infectivity status of repeatedly recaptured rodents clearly demonstrated that these hosts remained infective for ticks during winter till the following spring. Comparing C. glareolus and A. sylvaticus, each rodent species showed different host infection, different host infectivity and contributed differently to the moulting success of feeding ticks. These factors influence differentially the pattern of transmission of B. afzelii from Clethrionomys voles and Apodemus mice to I. ricinus ticks.
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https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/11783
Type de publication
journal article
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