Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the wood tick Ixodes ricinus in the Province of Trento, Italy

@article{citeulike:915178, abstract = {In Europe, lyme borreliosis (LB) and human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) are emerging tick-borne zoonoses. Both are transmitted by the hard tick Ixodes ricinus, which is widespread in the Province of Trento in northeastern Italy [1]. The risk of infection with the agents of LB and HGA is dependent on local tick distribution and abundance, and the proportion of infected ticks, which are in turn correlated with the type of habitat and the density of vertebrate reservoir hosts. The etiological agent of LB, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., causes a wide range of clinical symptoms, and levels of pathogenicity are associated with different genospecies. In Italy, reports of LB infection have been increasing, especially in the northeastern regions of the country [2, 3].}, author = {Mantelli, B. and Pecchioli, E. and Hauffe, H. C. and Ros\`{a}, R. and Rizzoli, A. }, citeulike-article-id = {915178}, doi = {10.1007/s10096-006-0208-x}, journal = {European Journal of Clinical Microbiology \& Infectious Diseases}, keywords = {anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, ixodes, tick-borne, ticks, vector-borne}, posted-at = {2006-10-27 14:53:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the wood tick Ixodes ricinus in the Province of Trento, Italy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0208-x} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:915178 L3 - citeulike-article-id:915178 TI - Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the wood tick Ixodes ricinus in the Province of Trento, Italy JF - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases N2 - In Europe, lyme borreliosis (LB) and human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) are emerging tick-borne zoonoses. Both are transmitted by the hard tick Ixodes ricinus, which is widespread in the Province of Trento in northeastern Italy [1]. The risk of infection with the agents of LB and HGA is dependent on local tick distribution and abundance, and the proportion of infected ticks, which are in turn correlated with the type of habitat and the density of vertebrate reservoir hosts. The etiological agent of LB, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., causes a wide range of clinical symptoms, and levels of pathogenicity are associated with different genospecies. In Italy, reports of LB infection have been increasing, especially in the northeastern regions of the country [2, 3]. KW - anaplasmosis KW - ehrlichiosis KW - ixodes KW - tick-borne KW - ticks KW - vector-borne AU - Mantelli, B AU - Pecchioli, E AU - Hauffe, HC AU - Rosà, R AU - Rizzoli, A UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0208-x ER -