High Prevalence of Borrelia mayonii (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) in Field-Caught Tamias striatus (Rodentia: Sciuridae) From Northern Wisconsin
| Autor: | Tela E. Zembsch, Ryan T. Larson, Xia Lee, Patricia N. Siy, Susan M. Paskewitz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Blarina brevicauda Peromyscus 030231 tropical medicine Zoology Tick Sorex 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Rodent Diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Wisconsin Borrelia mayonii Prevalence Animals General Veterinary biology Sciuridae biology.organism_classification Glaucomys volans Infectious Diseases Ixodes scapularis Insect Science Spirochaetales Parasitology Borrelia Infections Cricetidae |
| Zdroj: | Journal of medical entomology. 58(6) |
| ISSN: | 1938-2928 |
| Popis: | Borrelia mayonii is a recently discovered bacterial spirochete that causes Lyme disease and is transmitted by the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae). To date, B. mayonii has been isolated from two vertebrate host species in Minnesota: field-caught white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque; Rodentia: Cricetidae) and American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben). Here, we describe the first detection of B. mayonii in field-caught eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus L. (Rodentia: Cricetidae)) from northern Wisconsin. During our study, we captured 530 unique small mammals and found an infection prevalence of 23.50% in field-caught eastern chipmunks (4/17) and 1.19% in Peromyscus spp. (5/420). Mean larval and nymphal burdens were determined for captured Blarina brevicauda (0, 0), Glaucomys volans (0.29, 0.14), Myodes gapperi (0.27, 0), Napaeozapus insignis (0, 0.25), Peromyscus spp. (1.88, 0.11), T. striatus (1.06, 0.65), and Sorex cinereus (0.09, 0). The high B. mayonii infection prevalence in eastern chipmunks suggests that the species may be an important reservoir for B. mayonii in the Upper Midwest. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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