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Isolation of the spirochaete Borrelia afzelii from the mosquito Aedes vexans in the Czech Republic
Author(s) -
Jiří Halouzka,
D. Postić,
Zdeněk Hubálek
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00086.x
Subject(s) - biology , aedes vexans , borrelia afzelii , spirochaete , culex pipiens , borrelia , aedes albopictus , zoology , aedes , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , borrelia burgdorferi , ecology , larva , aedes aegypti , bacteria , medicine , genetics , antibody , immunology
During the years 1993–1995, a total of 3580 culicine mosquitoes of six species were collected in South Moravia, Czech Republic, and examined by dark‐field microscopy for the presence of borreliae. Females of Aedes cantans , Ae. sticticus , Ae. vexans , Culex pipiens and Cx pipiens biotype molestus (but not Ae. geniculatus or Culiseta annulata ) harboured spirochaetes, the frequencies ranging from 0.7% to 7.8%. One isolate (BR‐53) from Ae. vexans was identified as Borrelia afzelii genospecies. The potential role of mosquitoes in the epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis should be investigated.