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Monitoring Anaplasma phagocytophilum a Rickettsia spp. u klíšťat ve třech zoologických zahradách v České republice
| Title in English | Monitoring of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in ticks in three zoos in the Czech Republic |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | The aim of the study was to detect Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. by PCR in ticks collected in 3 zoos in the Czech Republic during 2023. A total of 1157 ticks of the species Ixodes ricinus were collected by flagging, with the highest number of ticks in Ostrava Zoo (n = 806) compared to Jihlava Zoo (n = 199) and Brno Zoo (n = 152). Since A. phagocytophilum is not transmitted by transovarial transmission, only adults and nymphs (n = 920) were examined with an overall positivity of 2.1% (19/920). The highest positivity was in Ostrava Zoo (2.3%, 15/641), compared to Jihlava Zoo (2.0%, 3/148) and Brno Zoo (0.8%, 1/131), but without statistical difference (p > 0.05). All developmental stages of ticks (n = 1157) were used to detect Rickettsia spp. with an overall positivity of 9.1% (105/1157). The highest positivity was in Jihlava Zoo (9.5%, 19/199) compared to Ostrava Zoo (9.4%, 76/806) and Brno Zoo (6.6%, 10/152). A significant difference in tick positivity was found in different seasons (p < 0.05), while other factors had no effect on positivity. |