Diversity of Borrelia spirochetes and other zoonotic agents in ticks from Kyiv, Ukraine

Rogovskyy, Artem S.; Batool, Maliha; Gillis, David C.; Holman, Patricia J.; Nebogatkin, Igor; Rogovska, Yuliya V.; Rogovskyy, Maksym S.

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.12.006

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“…The ticks were identified by the indicator of N.A. Philipova [12]. Filled "on a flag" and determined species composition of 11,190 on routes were worked out.…”

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“…In the countries bordering Ukraine, over the past decades the boundaries of habitats of Ixodic ticks have changed significantly. In addition, the researchers described the substitution of independent populations of some species by other, environmentally close [3,12]. One cannot exclude such processes in the landscapes of the Western region of Ukraine, in particular the Lviv region, because of its natural conditions extending to the neighboring territories, while the ixodofauna is represented by the same species of ticks, the same with their zoogeography and chorological structure of the populations.…”

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Natural foci Lime-borreliosis in Lviv region: results of acarological observations and laboratory diagnostics

Shulhan¹,

Zarichna²,

Lozynskyy³

et al. 2019

Biol. Stud.

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“…The ticks were identified by the indicator of N.A. Philipova [12]. Filled "on a flag" and determined species composition of 11,190 on routes were worked out.…”

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Natural foci Lime-borreliosis in Lviv region: results of acarological observations and laboratory diagnostics

Shulhan¹,

Zarichna²,

Lozynskyy³

et al. 2019

Biol. Stud.

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“…У країнах ЄС було проведено багато досліджень щодо вивчення поширення іксодових кліщів і патогенів, які вони можуть передавати (Bonnet et al, 2013;Reye et al, 2013;Elsheikha, 2016;Kybicova et al, 2017;Roczeń-Karczmarz et al, 2018;Duplan et al, 2018). Щодо України, то нещодавно почали з'являтись повідомлення стосовно поширеності даних патогенів на території нашої держави (Karbowiak et al, 2013;Didyk et al, 2016;Rogovskyy et al, 2017;Weiner et al, 2018).…”

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“…Дані про поширеність патогенів серед кліщів Західної України майже відсутні. Були повідомлення про 3,6% і 5,2% інфікованості A. phagocytophilum досліджених кліщів I. ricinus у східній Україні та Києві відповідно (Movila et al, 2009;Karbowiak et al, 2013;Hamel et al, 2013;Didyk et al, 2016;Rogovskyy et al, 2017). Ці дані можна порівняти з опублікованими даними з сусідніх країн, які повідомляють, що 2,0-2,7% I. ricinus були ПЛР-позитивними на A. phagocytophilum.…”

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Monitoring of vector-borne diseases in the west part of Ukraine

Levytska

Mushinsky

2019

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During recent years, infectious and invasive animal diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and protozoa and transmitted by ticks have been a new problem in medical and veterinary practice. Many of these diseases are zoonoses and lead to the disability and mortality of humans and animals. Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus are species of ticks that are commonly attack animals and humans in Europe. These ticks are spread throughout the EU and are involved in the transmission of a large number of vector-borne diseases. To date, relatively limited data on the circulation of tick-borne diseases and their transmission in western Ukraine are presented. The purpose of this study was to monitor the types of ixodid ticks, as well as to identify pathogens in ticks collected from the environment in urban parks and from dogs and cats. A total of 215 ticks (22 Ixodes ricinus and 193 Dermacentor reticulatus) collected in two regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk were investigated. Pathogens, namely, Rikettsia spp., Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Bartonella spp., were detected in 64.0% of the I. ricinus ticks. Overall, 18.2% of I. ricinus ticks were positive for Rikettsia spp., 54.5% for Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, 9.1% for A. phagocytophilum and Bartonella spp. confirmed in 4.5% of the studied ticks. Mixed infestations were found in 5 samples of I. ricinus DNA, representing 22.7%. In addition, 74.6% of D. reticulatus ticks were infested with these pathogens. Overall, 30.0% of D. reticulatus ticks were positive for Rikettsia spp., Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis was confirmed in 54.9%, A. phagocytophilum in 1.6%, and Bartonella spp. in 6.2% of the studied ticks. Mixed infestations were found in 35 D. reticulatus DNA samples, representing 18.1%. The prevalence of Rikettsia spp. in two regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk, among the studied ticks was 28.8%, Bartonella spp. – 6.0%, A. phagocytophilum – 2.3%, Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis – 54.9%. Our data indicate the presence of pathogens in urban populations of ticks of I. ricinus and D. reticulatus in west part of Ukraine. Monitoring of tick-borne diseases is an important tool in the prevention and control of infections transmitted to humans and animals.

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“…Specifically, thus far, only a few studies have showed the prevalence rates of selected tick-borne pathogens in ixodid ticks from Ukraine [48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. Moreover, Ca.…”

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Detection Of Selected Pathogens In Ixodid Ticks Collected From Animals And Vegetation In Five Regions Of Ukraine

Levytska¹,

Mushinsky

Cernanska

et al. 2019

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Background Over the last few decades tick-borne diseases have emerged as an increasingly significant public health problem. The distribution and prevalence of zoonotic pathogens infecting ixodid ticks from Western Europe have been extensively examined. However, data on ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine are scarce. The objective of the current study was, therefore, to investigate the prevalence rates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum , the Anaplasmataceae family, Rickettsia spp., Babesia spp., Bartonella spp., and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in engorged and questing ixodid ticks collected from five administrative oblasts (regions) of Ukraine, namely Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Ternopil, and Vinnytsia.Methods The ticks were collected from both wild and domestic animals and from vegetation. Of 524 ixodid ticks collected, 3, 99, and 422 ticks were identified as Ixodes hexagonus , Ixodes ricinus, and Dermacentor reticulatus , respectively. DNA samples individually extracted from 168 questing and 354 engorged adult ticks were subjected to pathogen-specific PCR analyses.Results The mean prevalence rates in all I. ricinus and D. reticulatus ticks were, respectively: 10.3% (10/97) and 2.8% (12/422) for A. phagocytophilum ; 69.1% (67/97) and 52.1% (220/422) for the Anaplasmataceae family; 24.7% (24/97) and 27.7% (117/422) for Rickettsia spp.; 3.1% (3/97) and 1.4% (6/422) for Babesia spp.; and 9.3% (9/97) and 4.7% (20/422) for Bartonella spp. Overall, between the five cities, there was no significant difference in the prevalence rates of any of the pathogens for the respective ticks ( p >0.05). The prevalence of B. burgdorferi s.l. in the engorged and questing I. ricinus ticks varied from 26.7% and 0% to 44.4% and 14.3%, respectively, with no statistical significance identified between the five cities ( p >0.05).Conclusions In addition to reporting the updated data for Kyiv and Ternopil, this study is the first to provide the prevalence rates of the tick-borne pathogens for Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, and Vinnytsia. This investigation is also the first to detect Ca. N. mikurensis in ixodid ticks from Ukraine. These new data will be useful for medical and veterinary practitioners as well as public health officials when diagnosing infections and when implementing measures to combat tick-borne diseases in Ukraine.

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Diversity of Borrelia spirochetes and other zoonotic agents in ticks from Kyiv, Ukraine

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Natural foci Lime-borreliosis in Lviv region: results of acarological observations and laboratory diagnostics

Natural foci Lime-borreliosis in Lviv region: results of acarological observations and laboratory diagnostics

Monitoring of vector-borne diseases in the west part of Ukraine

Detection Of Selected Pathogens In Ixodid Ticks Collected From Animals And Vegetation In Five Regions Of Ukraine

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