Wide spectrum of tick-borne pathogens in juvenile Ixodes ricinus collected from autumn-migrating birds in the Vistula River Valley, Poland

• Published in: BMC veterinary research Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 556
• Main Authors: Kulisz, Joanna, Zając, Zbigniew, Foucault-Simonin, Angelique, Woźniak, Aneta, Filipiuk, Maciej, Kloskowski, Janusz, Rudolf, Robert, Corduneanu, Alexandra, Bartosik, Katarzyna, Moutailler, Sara, Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.12.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal Migration; Animals; Arachnids; Bird Diseases - epidemiology; Bird Diseases - microbiology; Bird Diseases - parasitology; Bird migration; Birds; Borrelia miyamotoi; Care and treatment; Central European region; Developmental stages; Diagnosis; Diseases; Ehrlichia; Erithacus rubecula; Field study; Genetic aspects; geographical distribution; Growth; Haplotypes; Ixodes - microbiology; Ixodes ricinus; juveniles; Larva - microbiology; Life Sciences; Microfluidics; Microorganisms; migratory behavior; Migratory birds; Nymph - microbiology; Pathogen-host interactions; Pathogens; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Poland; Poland - epidemiology; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Rickettsia - genetics; Rickettsia - isolation & purification; Rickettsia helvetica; Risk factors; river valleys; Rivers; Software; species; Spirochetes; Tick-borne diseases; Tick-Borne Diseases - epidemiology; Tick-Borne Diseases - microbiology; Tick-Borne Diseases - veterinary; Tick-borne pathogens; Ticks; Tinodes merula; Turdus merula; Poland; Middle East; San Francisco California; Vistula River; United States > US; Central European region; Birds; Ixodes ricinus; Pathogen-host interactions; Tick-borne pathogens; Ticks

Migratory birds serve as potential hosts for ticks and can be reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs). The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence of TBPs in juvenile Ixodes ricinus collected from Erithacus rubecula, Turdus merula, and Turdus philomelos passing through the Vistula River...