ISOLATION OF THE SPIROCHETE BORRELIA-AFZELII FROM THE MOSQUITO AEDES VEXANS IN THE CZECH-REPUBLIC

Authors
HALOUZKA J POSTIC D HUBALEK Z
Citation
J. Halouzka et al., ISOLATION OF THE SPIROCHETE BORRELIA-AFZELII FROM THE MOSQUITO AEDES VEXANS IN THE CZECH-REPUBLIC, Medical and veterinary entomology, 12(1), 1998, pp. 103-105
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Medical and veterinary entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0269283X
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
103 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-283X(1998)12:1<103:IOTSBF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
During the years 1993-1995, a total of 3580 culicine mosquitoes of six species were collected in South Moravia, Czech Republic, and examined by dark-field microscopy for the presence of borreliae. Females of Ae des cantans, Ae. sticticus, Ae. vexans, Culex pipiens and Cx pipiens b iotype molestus (but not Ae. geniculatus or Culiseta annulata) harbour ed spirochaetes, the frequencies ranging from 0.7% to 7.8%. One isolat e (BR-53) from Ae. vexans was identified as Borrelia afzelii genospeci es. The potential role of mosquitoes in the epidemiology of Lyme borre liosis should be investigated.