Gern L, Estrada-Peña A, Frandsen F, Gray J S, Jaenson T G, Jongejan F, Kahl O, Korenberg E, Mehl R, Nuttall P A
Institut de Zoologie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Zentralbl Bakteriol. 1998 Mar;287(3):196-204. doi: 10.1016/s0934-8840(98)80121-7.
Existing knowledge on reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was collated and reviewed and several species, particularly birds, were identified as reservoir competent. At the present time, 9 small mammals, 7 medium-sized mammals and 16 bird species, including passerines, sea birds and pheasants, appear to be capable of transmitting spirochaetes to ticks and thus of participating in the natural circulation of B. burgdorferi s.l. in Europe. The house mouse, Mus musculus is strongly suspected of reservoir competence and many other small rodent species, particularly in eastern Europe and Russia, have been implicated. Ungulates are not thought to play a major role as reservoir hosts, though co-feeding transmission may permit some tick infection. The criteria for establishment of reservoir status are outlined and a method for identification of host blood meals of previous instars of unfed ticks, developed in a participant laboratory, is briefly described.
整理并回顾了关于狭义伯氏疏螺旋体储存宿主的现有知识，确定了几个物种，特别是鸟类，具备作为储存宿主的能力。目前，9种小型哺乳动物、7种中型哺乳动物以及16种鸟类，包括雀形目鸟类、海鸟和雉鸡，似乎能够将螺旋体传播给蜱虫，从而参与狭义伯氏疏螺旋体在欧洲的自然循环。小家鼠（Mus musculus）被强烈怀疑具备作为储存宿主的能力，许多其他小型啮齿动物物种，特别是在东欧和俄罗斯的物种，也被认为与此有关。有蹄类动物虽不被认为是主要的储存宿主，但共同取食传播可能会导致一些蜱虫感染。概述了确定储存宿主地位的标准，并简要描述了在一个参与实验室开发的用于识别未进食蜱虫前一龄期宿主血餐的方法。
