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2000-09Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.18452/21790
Relative incompetence of European rabbits for Lyme disease spirochaetes
dc.contributor.authorMatuschka, F.-R.
dc.contributor.authorSchinkel, T. W.
dc.contributor.authorKlug, B.
dc.contributor.authorSpielman, A.
dc.contributor.authorRichter, D.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-26T08:43:21Z
dc.date.available2020-08-26T08:43:21Z
dc.date.issued2000-09none
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/22502
dc.descriptionThis publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.none
dc.description.abstractTo determine whether rabbits may serve as reservoir hosts for Lyme disease spirochaetes in Europe, we compared their competence as hosts for Borrelia afzelii, one of the most prevalent European spirochaetal variants, with that of the Mongolian jird. To infect rabbits or jirds, at least 3 nymphal or adult Ixodes ricinus ticks infected with spirochaetes fed to repletion on each animal. Whereas jirds readily acquired tick-borne Lyme disease spirochaetes and subsequently infected vector ticks, rabbits exposed to tick-borne spirochaetes rarely became infectious to ticks. Only the rabbit that was infectious to ticks developed an antibody response. To the extent that I. ricinus ticks feed on European rabbits, these mammals may be zooprophylactic by diverting vector ticks from more suitable reservoir competent hosts.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.subject.ddc570 Biologienone
dc.subject.ddc590 Tiere (Zoologie)none
dc.titleRelative incompetence of European rabbits for Lyme disease spirochaetesnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/22502-1
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/21790
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.pages6none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
dc.identifier.eissn1469-8161
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1017/s0031182099006241
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleParasitologynone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume121none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue3none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameCambridge Univ. Pressnone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceCambridgenone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart297none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend302none
bua.departmentCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlinnone

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