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Highly Variable Year‐to‐Year Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Northeastern Poland: A 4‐Year Follow‐up
Author(s) -
GRZESZCZUK ANNA,
STAŃCZAK JOANNA
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.057
Subject(s) - anaplasma phagocytophilum , ixodes ricinus , anaplasmosis , nymph , ricinus , ixodes , veterinary medicine , biology , tick , anaplasma , infection rate , medicine , zoology , immunology , borrelia burgdorferi , botany , surgery , antibody
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is transmitted mainly by Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe. We followed‐up A. phagocytophilum infection rate in I. ricinus in three selected collection sites in northeastern Poland during a four‐year period. Overall infection rate was 14.1% (208/1474) with highest infection rate among females (36.8% verses males 8.2% and nymphs 0.9%). We noted a very big year‐to‐year variation of infection prevalence in each collection cite every year reflecting changeable granulocytic anaplasmosis risk for humans and animals.