Isolation of Borrelia afzelii from Overwintering Culex pipiens Biotype molestus Mosquitoes

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 27 - Trang 275-277 - 1999
J. Halouzka1, B. Wilske2, D. Stünzner3, Y.O. Sanogo4, Z. Hubálek1
1Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, CZ-603 65 Brno, Czech Republic, , CZ
2Universität München, Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut, München, Germany, , DE
3Hygiene Institut, Universität Graz, Graz, Austria, , AT
4Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, , CZ

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During the years 1995–1996, a total of 1,743 overwintering Culex pipiens biotype molestus female mosquitoes were tested for the presence of spirochetes in several localities in South Moravia, Czech Republic. The spirochetes were observed in 5% of the mosquitoes investigated. One of the five isolated strains of spirochetes (BR-84) was identified as Borrelia afzelii. The potential role of mosquitoes in the ecology and epidemiology of Lyme disease (LD) borreliae should be further investigated.

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