Tylewska-Wierzbanowska S, Kruszewska D, Chmielewski T, Zukowski K, Zabicka J
Zakład Bakteriologii Państwowego Zakładu Higieny w Warszawie.
Przegl Epidemiol. 1996;50(3):245-51.
The aim of performed studies was to recognize the distribution of Coxiella burnetii and Borrelia burgdorferi infected ticks in Poland. The 1580 ticks infesting animals and humans were collected in different parts of the country. They belonged to Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Argas reflexus species. Presence of B burgdorferi and C. burnetii DNA in ticks has been sought with polymerase chain reaction test (PCR). B. burgdorferi bacteria have been detected in 12 I. ricinus ticks (0.77%). Infected ticks were collected in Koszalin, Krosno and Suwałki voivodships. C. burnetii bacteria were found in 3 ticks from Kielce and Tarnobrzeg voivodships (0.19%). Obtained results indicate existence of natural reservoirs and vectors of C burnetii and B. burgdorferi in Poland. Since Q fever have not been recognized in central Poland until recently in can suggest diffusion of the C. burnetii reservoir to new regions. Presence of infected ticks in distant regions reflects wide distribution of these microorganisms all over the country.
已开展的研究旨在明确波兰感染伯氏考克斯体和伯氏疏螺旋体的蜱的分布情况。在该国不同地区采集了1580只侵袭动物和人类的蜱。它们分属于蓖麻硬蜱、网纹革蜱和波斯锐缘蜱这几个物种。通过聚合酶链反应试验（PCR）来探寻蜱中伯氏疏螺旋体和伯氏考克斯体DNA的存在情况。在12只蓖麻硬蜱中检测到了伯氏疏螺旋体细菌（0.77%）。感染的蜱是在科沙林、克罗斯诺和苏瓦乌基省采集到的。在凯尔采和塔尔诺布热格省的3只蜱中发现了伯氏考克斯体细菌（0.19%）。所获结果表明在波兰存在伯氏考克斯体和伯氏疏螺旋体的天然宿主和传播媒介。由于直到最近波兰中部才发现Q热，这可能意味着伯氏考克斯体宿主扩散到了新的地区。在偏远地区存在感染的蜱反映出这些微生物在全国广泛分布。
