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Babesia species in questing Ixodes ricinus, Sweden.

In English

Författare

  • Maria E Karlsson
  • Martin Andersson

Summary, in English

Babesiosis is an emerging tick-transmitted zoonosis in large parts of the world. In Sweden, the occurrence and diversity of Babesia species is largely unknown. In order to estimate the exposure to Babesia from infected ticks, we collected questing Ixodes ricinus from several sites across southern Sweden during two consecutive field seasons and investigated the occurrence of Babesia species. We report for the first time the occurrence of the zoonotic species Babesia venatorum in Swedish ticks, with a prevalence of 1%. We also detected B. microti (prevalence 3.2%) and B. divergens (prevalence 0.2%). The incidence of Babesia in questing ticks is substantially lower than that of several other tick-borne diseases in Sweden. Nevertheless, babesiosis should not be neglected as a possible diagnosis following tick bites in humans and animals in Sweden.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2016

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

10-12

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volym

7

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Microbiology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1877-9603