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This is the first report on the isolation of Lyme diseaseBorrelia from seabirds on the Faeroe Islands and the characteristics of its enzootic cycle. The major components of theBorrelia cycle include the puffin (Fratercula arctica ) as the reservoir andIxodes uriae as the vector. The importance of this cycle and its impact on the spread of human Lyme borreliosis have not yet been established.Borrelia spirochetes isolated from 2 of 102 sampled puffins were compared to the borreliae previously obtained from seabird ticks,I. uriae . Therrf-rrl intergenic spacer and therrs and theospC genes were sequenced and a series of phylogenetic trees were constructed. Sequence data and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis grouped the strains together withBorrelia garinii . In a seroepidemiological survey performed with residents involved in puffin hunting on the Faeroe Islands, 3 of 81 serum samples were found to be positive by two commonly used clinical tests: a flagellin-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blotting. These three positive serum samples also had high optical density values in a whole-cell ELISA. The finding of seropositive Faeroe Islanders who are regularly exposed toI. uriae indicate that there may be a transfer ofB. garinii by this tick species to humans.

Isolation of Lyme DiseaseBorreliafrom Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Seabird Ticks (Ixodes uriae) on the Faeroe Islands