A study of the presence of B. burgdorferi, Anaplasma (previously Ehrlichia) phagocytophilum, Rickettsia, and Babesia in Ixodes ricinus collected within the territory of Belluno, Italy.

@article{citeulike:711384, abstract = {In the years 2000 and 2001, we sampled ticks in order to establish the distribution of Ixodes ricinus in the province of Belluno; 5987 tick samples from 244 sites throughout the province were gathered, by dragging for a 5-min period. In 40 sites, seasonal variations and cycle stages of the parasites were studied at monthly intervals from March to September. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was used to identify the tick-infected sites. Of 1931 individual ticks, 8.23\% were positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, 4.4\% were positive for Ehrlichia, 1.6\% were positive for Rickettsia, and 1.6\% were positive for Babesia. The co-presence of Borrelia and Ehrlichia (1.2\%) and Babesia (0.5\%), Borrelia, Ehrlichia and Rickettsia (0.1\%) was also found.}, address = {Observatory for the Study, Surveillance and Prevention of Tick-Borne Diseases, ULSS, Veneto, Belluno, Italy.}, author = {Piccolin, G. and Benedetti, G. and Doglioni, C. and Lorenzato, C. and Mancuso, S. and Papa, N. and Pitton, L. and Ramon, M. C. and Zasio, C. and Bertiato, G. }, citeulike-article-id = {711384}, doi = {10.1089/vbz.2006.6.24}, issn = {1530-3667}, journal = {Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis}, keywords = {anaplasma, disease, lyme}, number = {1}, pages = {24--31}, posted-at = {2006-06-26 17:54:08}, priority = {2}, title = {A study of the presence of B. burgdorferi, Anaplasma (previously Ehrlichia) phagocytophilum, Rickettsia, and Babesia in Ixodes ricinus collected within the territory of Belluno, Italy.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2006.6.24}, volume = {6}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:711384 L3 - citeulike-article-id:711384 TI - A study of the presence of B. burgdorferi, Anaplasma (previously Ehrlichia) phagocytophilum, Rickettsia, and Babesia in Ixodes ricinus collected within the territory of Belluno, Italy. JF - Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 24 EP - 31 AD - Observatory for the Study, Surveillance and Prevention of Tick-Borne Diseases, ULSS, Veneto, Belluno, Italy. SN - 1530-3667 N2 - In the years 2000 and 2001, we sampled ticks in order to establish the distribution of Ixodes ricinus in the province of Belluno; 5987 tick samples from 244 sites throughout the province were gathered, by dragging for a 5-min period. In 40 sites, seasonal variations and cycle stages of the parasites were studied at monthly intervals from March to September. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was used to identify the tick-infected sites. Of 1931 individual ticks, 8.23% were positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, 4.4% were positive for Ehrlichia, 1.6% were positive for Rickettsia, and 1.6% were positive for Babesia. The co-presence of Borrelia and Ehrlichia (1.2%) and Babesia (0.5%), Borrelia, Ehrlichia and Rickettsia (0.1%) was also found. KW - anaplasma KW - disease KW - lyme AU - Piccolin, G AU - Benedetti, G AU - Doglioni, C AU - Lorenzato, C AU - Mancuso, S AU - Papa, N AU - Pitton, L AU - Ramon, MC AU - Zasio, C AU - Bertiato, G PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2006.6.24 ER -