Taragel'ová Veronika, Koci Juraj, Hanincová Klára, Kurtenbach Klaus, Derdáková Markéta, Ogden Nick H, Literák Ivan, Kocianová Elena, Labuda Milan
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Feb;74(4):1289-93. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01060-07. Epub 2007 Dec 21.
Blackbirds (Turdus merula) and song thrushes (Turdus philomelos) were found to carry 95% of all spirochete-infected tick larvae among 40 bird species captured in Central Europe. More than 90% of the infections were typed as Borrelia garinii and Borrelia valaisiana. We conclude that thrushes are key players in the maintenance of these spirochete species in this region of Central Europe.
在中欧捕获的40种鸟类中,发现乌鸫(欧亚鸫)和歌鸫(欧歌鸫)携带了所有感染螺旋体的蜱幼虫的95%。超过90%的感染被鉴定为加氏疏螺旋体和瓦氏疏螺旋体。我们得出结论,在中欧的这个地区,歌鸫是维持这些螺旋体物种的关键因素。