Journal Article

Detection of tick-borne pathogens in wild birds and their ticks in Western Siberia and high level of their mismatch

Romanenko, Vladimir N., Protopopova, Elena V., Gashkov, Sergey I., Konovalova, Svetlana N., Sementsova, Alexandra O., Moskvitina, Nina S., Korobitsyn, Igor G., Tyutenkov, Oleg Yu, Loktev, Valery B., Ternovoi, Vladimir A., Mikryukova, Tamara P., Kartashov, Mikhail Yu, Tupota, Natalia L., Moskvitin, Sergey S., Kononova, Yulia V., Chausov, Eugene V.

2021

Overview

The major vector for these diseases in the western part of Russia is Ixodes persulcatus Schulze, 1930. Since the beginning of the 21st century, another tick with similar ecology, Ixodes pavlovskyi Pomerantsev, 1946, has been found in the same habitats (Romanenko and Chekalkina 2004) and currently predominates over I. persulcatus in urban areas. According to the data of ringing (Moskvitin and Dubovik 1969, 1977, Moskvitin and Strelkov 1977, Moskvitin 1992, Ryabitsev 2001), Siberian birds spend the winter in Africa, Europe, West Asia, India, and Southeast Asia (Fig. 1). [...]this study was conducted to identify the pathogens that were detected in different species of birds and ticks parasitising on them and to evaluate their interdependence. PCR analysis RNA extraction, reverse transcription, and detection of TBEV and WNV cDNA using RT-PCR, as well as the detection of other bacterial and protozoan pathogens using PCR, were performed as described earlier (Chausov et al. 2010).

• Publisher: Parazitologický ústav, Akademie ved Ceské republiky
• Subject: Antigens / Arachnids / Birds / Complementary DNA / Encephalitis / Enzymes / Immunoassay / Lyme disease / Monoclonal antibodies / Parasitic diseases / Pathogens / Polymerase chain reaction / Reverse transcription / Viruses / West Nile virus