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As aves selvagens são frequentemente infestadas por carraças e são consideradas reservatório
da Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. (sensu lato), um complexo de bactérias transmitidas por carraças, que
causam a borreliose de Lyme. De 2010 a 2014 recolhemos 2820 carraças de 690 aves infestadas
pertencentes a 40 espécies, e avaliámos a infecção por B. burgdorferi s.l. por nested PCR nestas
carraças. Oito espécies de carraças foram identificadas, sendo, Ixodes frontalis (37%) e I. ricinus
(34%) as espécies mais comuns. O Melro (Turdus merula) e o Pisco-de-peito-ruivo (Erithacus
rubecula) foram as espécies mais infestadas, possivelmente devido aos seus hábitos de pesquisa de
alimento a níveis mais baixos. Carraças do género Ixodes sp. infectadas com Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.
foram recolhidas de Tentilhões (Fringilla coelebs), Chapins-reais (Parus major), Toutinegras-dosvalados
(Sylvia melanocephala), Carriças (Troglodytes troglodytes), Tordos-ruivos (Turdus iliacus),
Melros (T. merula) e Tordos-pintos (Turdus philomelos), com maior prevalência em carraças
provenientes de T. philomelos (26%). Detectámos B. turdi (4,4%), B. valaisiana (3,7%), B. garinii
(3,3%), B. miyamotoi (0,06%) e B. bissettii (0,06%) em Ixodes sp. recolhidas das aves. A
caracterização genética das linhagens de B. turdi sugere divergência filogenética da linhagem
originalmente detectada no Japão. Uma experiência de xenodiagnóstico provou a capacidade
reservatório de T. merula para B. valaisiana e B. turdi. Estes resultados reforçam o papel das aves
como agentes chave na manutenção de diferentes genoespécies do complexo B. burgdorferi s.l.
Wild birds are often infested by ticks and considered reservoirs of the tick-transmitted bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. (sensu lato), the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis. In 2010-2014 we collected 2820 ticks from 690 infested birds of 40 species in Portugal, and assessed their B. burgdorferi s.l. infection by nested PCR. Eight tick species were identified, and, Ixodes frontalis (37%) and I. ricinus (34%) were the most common. Blackbird (Turdus merula) and Robin (Erithacus rubecula) were the most infested species, possibly due to their ground foraging behaviour. Infected Ixodes sp. were collected from Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Great Tit (Parus major) Sardinian Wabler (Sylvia melanocephala), Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), Redwing (Turdus iliacus), T. merula and Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos), with higher prevalence in ticks from T. philomelos (26%). We detected B. turdi (4.4%), B. valaisiana (3.7%), B. garinii (3.3%), B. miyamotoi (0.06%) and B. bissettii (0.06%) in Ixodes sp. collected from birds. The genetic characterization of B. turdi strains suggests their phylogenetic divergence from the strain originally detected in Japan. A xenodiagnostic experiment proved the reservoir competency of T. merula for B. valaisiana and B. turdi. These results strengthen the role of birds as key agents for the maintenance of different genospecies of the B. burgdorferi complex.
Wild birds are often infested by ticks and considered reservoirs of the tick-transmitted bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. (sensu lato), the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis. In 2010-2014 we collected 2820 ticks from 690 infested birds of 40 species in Portugal, and assessed their B. burgdorferi s.l. infection by nested PCR. Eight tick species were identified, and, Ixodes frontalis (37%) and I. ricinus (34%) were the most common. Blackbird (Turdus merula) and Robin (Erithacus rubecula) were the most infested species, possibly due to their ground foraging behaviour. Infected Ixodes sp. were collected from Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Great Tit (Parus major) Sardinian Wabler (Sylvia melanocephala), Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), Redwing (Turdus iliacus), T. merula and Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos), with higher prevalence in ticks from T. philomelos (26%). We detected B. turdi (4.4%), B. valaisiana (3.7%), B. garinii (3.3%), B. miyamotoi (0.06%) and B. bissettii (0.06%) in Ixodes sp. collected from birds. The genetic characterization of B. turdi strains suggests their phylogenetic divergence from the strain originally detected in Japan. A xenodiagnostic experiment proved the reservoir competency of T. merula for B. valaisiana and B. turdi. These results strengthen the role of birds as key agents for the maintenance of different genospecies of the B. burgdorferi complex.
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Keywords
Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses Aves Hospedeiros Carraças Ciclo Enzoótico Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. Portugal
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Livro de Resumos do IX Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA/VI Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia, 2016, p. 124-125.
Publisher
UTAD/SPEA
