2021
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-139147/v1
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Infection with Borrelia afzelii reduces moulting time of Ixodes ricinus ticks

Abstract: Arthropod vectors carry vector-borne pathogens that cause infectious disease in vertebrate hosts, and arthropod-associated non-pathogenic microorganisms. Both types of micro-organisms can influence the fitness of their arthropod vectors, and hence the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases. The bacterium Borrelia afzelii, which causes Lyme disease in Europe, is transmitted among vertebrate reservoir hosts by Ixodes ricinus ticks, which also harbour a large diversity of non-pathogenic bacteria. The purpose of th… Show more

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“…In our previous studies on inter-annual variation in the DON and DIN [12,36], we calculated annual means for the climate variables that were based on a 12-month calendar year. However, many steps in the tick life cycle happen over shorter time scales; for example, engorged larvae take ~ 6 to 8 weeks to moult into nymphs at room temperature [64]. Thus, the life history traits of tick populations may depend on climate variables that are operating over shorter temporal windows (e.g., seasons rather than years).…”
Section: Weather On the Day Of Tick Samplingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our previous studies on inter-annual variation in the DON and DIN [12,36], we calculated annual means for the climate variables that were based on a 12-month calendar year. However, many steps in the tick life cycle happen over shorter time scales; for example, engorged larvae take ~ 6 to 8 weeks to moult into nymphs at room temperature [64]. Thus, the life history traits of tick populations may depend on climate variables that are operating over shorter temporal windows (e.g., seasons rather than years).…”
Section: Weather On the Day Of Tick Samplingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alternative antibiotic treatment methods, such as feeding ticks on antibiotic-treated animals were also reported to have a negative effect on tick fecundity (Clayton et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2017;Duron et al, 2018). Dysbiosis could also be induced by wash procedures or sterile maintenance (Narasimhan et al, 2014;Hamilton et al, 2021;Hurry et al, 2021). To our knowledge, only a single study has so far described the dysbiosis of hard ticks by feeding Ixodes scapularis female ticks on blood treated with antibiotics through an artificial membrane (Oliver et al, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%