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Detection of tick‐borne pathogens in ticks from migratory birds in the Baltic region of Russia
Author(s) -
MOVILA A.,
ALEKSEEV A. N.,
DUBININA H. V.,
TODERAS I.
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01037.x
Subject(s) - biology , tick borne disease , tick , zoology , ecology
We report the finding of tick‐borne encephalitis (TBE)‐virus in indigenous Ixodes ricinus (L.), ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis ’ in exotic Ixodes frontalis (Panzer) and Rickettsia aeshlimannii in exotic Hyalomma marginatum Koch subadult ticks detached from 18.5% (107/577) infested migratory birds in the Baltic region of Russia. This is the first record of human pathogenic ‘Candidatus N. mikurensis ’ in I. frontalis ticks. Moreover, seven other pathogens were identified in I. ricinus ticks. Spotted Fever Group rickettsiae were the predominant pathogen group and were detected only in nymphs. Future investigations are warranted to further characterize the role of birds in the epizootiology of tick‐borne pathogens in this region.