An annotated checklist of the ticks (Acari: Ixodida) of Germany

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An annotated checklist of the ticks (Acari: Ixodida) of Germany

Trevor N. Petney, Miriam P. Pfäffle & Jasmin D. Skuballa
Department of Ecology and Parasitology, Karlsruhe, Germany
2012

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.11158/saa.17.2.2

Abstract

Ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) are the main arthropod vectors of disease in Central Europe, including Germany. One species, Ixodes ricinus, dominates the tick fauna throughout this area and, as such, is justifiably the most common species studied. However, this concentration on a single species has led to the neglect of a variety of other species, also often common on their wild hosts, and also involved in the natural, zoonotic cycles of disease. In this contribution we provide a checklist of the species currently known to occur in Germany. The information summarized under the endemic species includes general distribution, hosts, and basic ecology, as well as each species' medical and veterinary significance. Our aim is to bring the diversity of species present to the attention of the research community in the hope that the more neglected species will also be integrated into epidemiological models of the tick-borne diseases present.

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Transmission of the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis by Ixodes spinipalpis Ticks: Evidence of an Enzootic Cycle of Dual Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in Northern Colorado

Nordin S. Zeidner1, Thomas R. Burkot1, Robert Massung2, William L. Nicholson2, Marc C. Dolan1, Jeremiah S. Rutherford1,
Brad J. Biggerstaff1 and Gary O. Maupin1

1Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
2Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Abstract

Previous work described an enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (hereafter referred to as B. burgdorferi) maintained by the rodent Neotoma mexicana and the tick Ixodes spinipalpis in northern Colorado. We investigated the incidence of coinfection among rodents with the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (aoHGE). aoHGE was detected in 23.5% of 119 rodent spleens examined. Biopsy results indicated that 78 (65.5%) of the 119 rodents were positive for B. burgdorferi, whereas 22 (78.5%) of the 28 animals that harbored aoHGE were also infected with B. burgdorferi. In 14 of 25 I. spinipalpis tick pools, aoHGE was detected by amplifying both the 16s rRNA and p44 gene of aoHGE. The ability of I. spinipalpis to transmit aoHGE was examined in C3H/HeJ mice. aoHGE was detected in their blood 5 days after I. spinipalpis infestation. This study confirms that both B. burgdorferi and aoHGE can be transmitted by I. spinipalpis ticks and that there is a high incidence of coinfection in rodents, predominantly Peromyscus maniculatus and N. mexicana, that inhabit the foothills of northern Colorado.

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Overview: Ticks as vectors of pathogens that cause disease in humans and animals.

Article in Frontiers in Bioscience ·
February 2008
Jose de la Fuente1,2, Agustin Estrada-Pena3, Jose M. Venzal3, Katherine M. Kocan1, Daniel E. Sonenshine4


https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jo ... nimals.pdf

SUMMARY AND PERSPECTIVE

According to Dennis and Peisman (75), tickborne pathogens are believed to be responsible for more than 100,000 cases of illness in humans throughout the world and are the most important vectors of diseasecausing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. The control of tick infestations and the pathogens they transmit constitute a priority to improve human and animal health worldwide. Research on the characterization of the molecular events that mediate vital tick functions such as feeding, reproduction, immunity and the tickpathogen interface, is still in its infancy. However, as summarized in the following chapters (58, 59, 63-70, 7274), the recent application of molecular and systems biology approaches will contribute to our understanding of the biology of the tick-pathogen interface. Collectively, this information may be useful for the development of new and novel control methods for both tick infestations and the prevention of transmission of tick-borne pathogens (Figure 1).