BORRELIOOSI TANSKASSA

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Lähettäjä: Soijuv Lähetetty: 5.12.2005 18:32

Tanskassa 36,6 %:lla peuroista oli borreliabakteeri:


Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jul;11(7):1055-61.

*Survey of tickborne infections in Denmark.*

Skarphedinsson S, Jensen PM, Kristiansen K.

Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. siggi@inet.uni2.dk

We conducted a study of the distribution and prevalence of tickborne infections in Denmark by using roe deer as sentinels. Blood samples from 237 roe deer were collected during the 2002-2003 hunting season. Overall, 36.6% of deer were Borrelia seropositive, while 95.6% were Anaplasma phagocytophilum positive; all animals were negative for Bartonella quintana and B. henselae by indirect immunofluorescence assay. When a hemagglutination-inhibition test was used, 8.7% of deer were found positive for tickborne encephalitis (TBE)-complex virus. A total of 42.6% were found positive by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for A. phagocytophilum with significant seasonal variation. All were PCR negative for Rickettsia helvetica. PCR and sequencing also showed a novel bacterium in roe deer previously only found in ticks. The study showed that the emerging pathogen A. phagocytophilum is widely distributed and that a marked shift has occurred in the distribution of TBE-complex virus in Denmark. This finding supports studies that predict alterations in distribution due to climatic changes.

Publication Types:

* Clinical Conference


PMID: 16022780 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... query_hl=6

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Lähettäjä: Anmaj Lähetetty: 6.12.2005 11:47

Onkohan Suomessa edelleenkään tutkittu metsäpeurojen borreliakantajuutta. Soitin kerran riista- ja kalatalouden tutkimuslaitokselle, ja kysyin heidän mahdollisia tietojaan asiasta. Siellä muuan tutkimusjohtaja valisti minua, että "punkeistahan borrelioosi tarttuu". Ajattelin, että turha tämän tohtorin kanssa on aiheesta enempää keskustella...
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Lähettäjä: Soijuv Lähetetty: 6.12.2005 12:03

Voihan niitä olla, mutta en muista nähneeni sellaisia. Täytynee varoa peuranpuremia vastaisuudessa - vai olisiko parempi varoa tutkimusjohtajia?