What is the percentage of pathogenic borreliae in spirochaetal findings of mosqu

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Ann Agric Environ Med. 2009 Dec;16(2):273-6.

 

What is the percentage of pathogenic borreliae in spirochaetal findings of

mosquito larvae?

 

Nejedla P, Norek A, Vostal K, Zakovska A.

 

Department of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Institute of Experimental

Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, CZ-61137

Brno,

Czech Republic.

 

In this study, larvae (1,179 ex.) of mosquito genera Culex were examined

for the

presence of spirochaetes by Dark Field Microscopy (DFM) at the locality of

Blansko (Czech Republic) in of 2004-2008.

 

DFM spirochaete positive samples (25.4%) were investigated by nested PCR;

only 4 samples were positive for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu

lato, which is 0.3 % of the total examined samples.

*We can conclude that only a low percentage of pathogenic borreliae are

presented in mosquito larvae*,

**while the spirochaete of undefined genera infect larvae in high

amounts**.

 

Publication Types:

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

 

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