Identification of the Spectrum of Pathogens in Ixodid Ticks from Natural Co-Infection Foci of the Baikal Region
- Authors: Melnikova O.V.1, Adelshin R.V.1, Trushina Y.N.1, Yakovchits N.V.1, Andaev E.I.1
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Affiliations:
- Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East
- Issue: Vol 99, No 2 (2019)
- Pages: 262-273
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0013-8738/article/view/156098
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S001387381902012X
- ID: 156098
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Abstract
Ixodid ticks from different regions of the Baikal Region were examined for the presence of transmissive pathogens during 5 seasons (2013–2017). Frequency of occurrence of the revealed markers in ascending order: tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV), human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HMC), human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), ixodid tick-borne borrelioses (ITBB), and tick-borne rickettsioses (TBR). The most significant differences in the rate of infection were noted in relation to spatial-temporal and species parameters. In the Baikal Region, infected ticks Ixodes persulcatus were found significantly more frequently than Haemaphysalis concinna. Besides, from 2 to 4 pathogens in different combinations were found simultaneously in 15% of suspensions of the taiga tick.
About the authors
O. V. Melnikova
Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East
Author for correspondence.
Email: melnikovaovit@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664047
R. V. Adelshin
Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East
Email: melnikovaovit@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664047
Yu. N. Trushina
Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East
Email: melnikovaovit@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664047
N. V. Yakovchits
Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East
Email: melnikovaovit@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664047
E. I. Andaev
Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East
Email: melnikovaovit@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664047
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