Origins of recently emerged foci of the tick Dermacentor reticulatus in central Europe inferred from molecular markers

Kloch, Agnieszka; Mierzejewska, Ewa; Karbowiak, Grzegorz; Slivinska, K.; Alsarraf, Mohammed; Rizzi, Anna; Kowalec, Maciej; Dwużnik, Dorota; Didyk, Yuliya M.; Bajer, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.02.020

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“…It was found that the seasonal and annual changes in number of I. ricinus imago within a specific biotope do not significantly affect the rates of their infestation by Borrelia, and in general, it remains fairly stable. Similar conclusions were obtained for Central Europe [9,11] and various regions of Russian Federation [10]. Many researchers point out that specific vectors of Borrelia carriers can be only representatives of the Ixodes genus, and information about an epidemic value of other species of Ixodic ticks or other groups of carriers is considered to be false.…”

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“…Philipova [12]. Filled "on a flag" and determined species composition of 11,190 on routes were worked out. The material was collected in 16 districts of Lviv region and Lviv city on the territory of 3 landscape and geographical zones: forest (Brodivskyi, Zhovkivskyi, Radekhivskyi, Sokalskyi, Yavorivskyi, Buskyi, Kamyanko-Buzkyi districts), forest-steppe (Gorodotskyi, Zhydachivskyi, Zolochivskyi, Pustomytivskyi, Sambirskyi districts, Lviv), the Ukrainian Carpathians (Drohobytskyi, Stryiskyi districts).…”

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

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

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“…Nowadays, D. reticulatus shows a tendency of expansion into new areas in Germany (Dautel et al 2006), Poland (Karbowiak and Kiewra 2010; Nowak 2011; Kiewra and Czulowska 2013; Mierzejewska et al 2016), Slovakia (Bullová et al 2009), the Czech Republic (Široký et al 2011), Lithuania, Latvia (Paulauskas et al 2015) and Romania (Chitimia-Dobler 2015) and has also been observed in countries of western Europe in locations where it had not been reported previously (Jongejan et al 2015). The spread of D. reticulatus is influenced by many factors including climate changes due to global warming, changes in the way of using green areas, which contributes to the increase in the number and diversity of hosts as well as the development of tourism and transport between countries (Karbowiak 2014; Mierzejewska et al 2017; Kloch et al 2017). …”

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“…However, within the last two decades, due to the detection of new numerous localities of D. reticulatus , this part of Poland has been considered as an expansion area (Kadulski and Izdebska 2009; Karbowiak and Kiewra 2010; Nowak 2011; Kiewra and Czulowska 2013; Mierzejewska et al 2016). The low genetic polymorphism between D. reticulatus from eastern Poland (eastern population), and newly emerged foci in western Poland, as well as considerable differences from the nearby German population, show that the foci in western Poland originated from the eastern D. reticulatus population (Kloch et al 2017). …”

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Dermacentor reticulatus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) distribution in north-eastern Poland: an endemic area of tick-borne diseases

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Dermacentor reticulatus is the second most important tick species in Poland. Although the north-eastern region of Poland is considered typical for D. reticulatus and is treated as a contiguous area of Eastern populations of the meadow ticks, the occurrence of this tick species in this region to date has been recorded as separate foci. The present report supplements data on the geographical distribution of D. reticulatus in urban and natural biotopes of north-eastern Poland (Warmia and Mazury province). In 2015–2017 (during the springtime activity of ticks) adult questing D. reticulatus were found in 13 of 25 monitored localities. Six sites are located in urbanized areas, within the administrative borders of the city of Olsztyn and seven sites are in natural biotopes in the central part of Warmia and Mazury. A total of 398 adult D. reticulatus ticks, including 257 females and 141 males, were collected. A comparison of data grouped according to urban and natural type of area revealed no statistical differences between them. Taking into account the habitat type, the mean tick density was the highest in open landscapes. The identification of new foci D. reticulatus in the endemic areas of Lyme borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis and canine babesiosis is crucial for determining the risk of diseases transmitted by ticks and taking proper preventive measures.

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“…Kolejne prace innych badaczy z Polski potwierdziły uzyskane wyniki w dwóch powyżej omawianych publikacjach oraz potwierdziły postawioną tezę o wzrastającym zasięgu występowania kleszcza łąkowego w Polsce (34,43,46,48). Natomiast w pracy opublikowanej w 2017 r. przez polsko-ukraiński zespół badaczy, w skład którego wchodził również pracownik WMW SGGW -dr Anna Rodo, wykazano, że źró-dłem pojawiających się na zachodzie Polski nowych ognisk występowania kleszcza łąkowego są populacje D. reticulatus ze środkowej i wschodniej części Polski, a przyczyną ich powstawania są najprawdopodobniej podróże właścicieli psów wraz ze zwierzętami, na których przewożone są również kleszcze (32).…”

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Over 20 years of research on canine babesiosis at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of WULS-SGGW in Warsaw

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Canine babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by infection with protozoa of the genus Babesia. During over 20 years of studies on canine babesiosis at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, the researchers have identified the species of the parasite and its vector in Poland, determined the cause of azotemia and observed other pathological changes, such as endocrine disorders, changes in the de Ritis quotient, as well as biochemical and hematological changes. It was shown that the tick Dermacentor reticulatus is the only vector of canine babesiosis in Poland and the disease is caused by Babesia canis (formerly known as Babesia canis canis). The first studies of pathological changes confirmed the results of previous research in other countries, in which the most prevalent changes in canine babesiosis were thrombocytopenia, anemia leucopenia, increased activity of liver enzymes (ALT, AST, ALP), azotemia, hypoalbuminemia, hypoglycemia, hyponatremia and hypokalemia. Research on azotemia in dogs infected with B. canis showed the contribution of TNF-α overproduction to hypotension and its influence on renal ischemia, hypoxia and the development of azotemia. Moreover, in research on endocrine disorders in canine babesiosis, it was shown that IL-6 overproduction leads to the suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis resulting in euthyroid sick syndrome, and that secondary hyperaldosteronism results from decreased renal blood flow and leads to hypokalemia. The results of the research were published in 27 original papers, 6 case reports and many review articles in veterinary journals. These studies provided veterinary surgeons in Poland with improved procedures for diagnosing canine babesiosis, as well as allowed them to better understand some pathogenic mechanisms of the disease and to develop more efficacious therapies..

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Origins of recently emerged foci of the tick Dermacentor reticulatus in central Europe inferred from molecular markers

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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

Dermacentor reticulatus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) distribution in north-eastern Poland: an endemic area of tick-borne diseases

Over 20 years of research on canine babesiosis at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of WULS-SGGW in Warsaw

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