Blackbirds and Song Thrushes Constitute a Key Reservoir of Borrelia garinii , the Causative Agent of Borreliosis in Central Europe | Zendy

Veronika Rusňáková Tarageľová | Zendy; Juraj Koči | Zendy; Klára Hanincová | Zendy; Klaus Kurtenbach | Zendy; Markéta Derdáková | Zendy; Nicholas H. Ogden | Zendy; Ivan Literák | Zendy; Elena Kocianová | Zendy; Milan Labuda | Zendy

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Blackbirds and Song Thrushes Constitute a Key Reservoir of Borrelia garinii , the Causative Agent of Borreliosis in Central Europe

Author(s) -

Veronika Rusňáková Tarageľová,

Juraj Koči,

Klára Hanincová,

Klaus Kurtenbach,

Markéta Derdáková,

Nicholas H. Ogden,

Ivan Literák,

Elena Kocianová,

Milan Labuda

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.01060-07

Subject(s) - borrelia garinii , biology , borrelia , key (lock) , tick , zoology , ecology , borrelia burgdorferi , genetics , antibody

Blackbirds (Turdus merula) and song thrushes (Turdus philomelos) were found to carry 95% of all spirochete-infected tick larvae among 40 bird species captured in Central Europe. More than 90% of the infections were typed as Borrelia garinii and Borrelia valaisiana. We conclude that thrushes are key players in the maintenance of these spirochete species in this region of Central Europe.

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