Evidence for Borrelia bavariensis Infections of Ixodes uriae within Seabird Colonies of the North Atlantic Ocean
ABSTRACT The first report of members of the spirochete genus Borrelia in the seabird tick, Ixodes uriae , and seabird colonies occurred during the early 1990s. Since then, Borrelia spp. have been detected in these ticks and seabird colonies around the world. To date, the primary species detected has...
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crasmicro:10.1128/aem.01087-17 2024-06-23T07:54:48+00:00 Evidence for Borrelia bavariensis Infections of Ixodes uriae within Seabird Colonies of the North Atlantic Ocean Munro, Hannah J. Ogden, Nicholas H. Lindsay, L. Robbin Robertson, Gregory J. Whitney, Hugh Lang, Andrew S. Dudley, Edward G. Newfoundland and Labrador Forestry and Agrifoods Agency Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Public Health Agency of Canada Memorial University of Newfoundland 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01087-17 https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.01087-17 en eng American Society for Microbiology https://journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license Applied and Environmental Microbiology volume 83, issue 20 ISSN 0099-2240 1098-5336 journal-article 2017 crasmicro https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01087-17 2024-06-03T08:11:18Z ABSTRACT The first report of members of the spirochete genus Borrelia in the seabird tick, Ixodes uriae , and seabird colonies occurred during the early 1990s. Since then, Borrelia spp. have been detected in these ticks and seabird colonies around the world. To date, the primary species detected has been Borrelia garinii , with rare occurrences of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia lusitaniae. During our research on Borrelia and I. uriae in seabird colonies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, we have identified Borrelia bavariensis in I. uriae . To our knowledge, B. bavariensis has previously been found only in the Eurasian tick species Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes ricinus , and it was believed to be a rodent-specific Borrelia ecotype. We found B. bavariensis within I. uriae from three seabird colonies over three calendar years. We also reanalyzed B. garinii sequences collected from I. uriae from Eurasian seabird colonies and determined that sequences from two Russian seabird colonies likely also represent B. bavariensis . The Canadian B. bavariensis sequences from I. uriae analyzed in this study cluster with previously described sequences from Asia. Overall, this is an important discovery that illustrates and expands the range of hosts and vectors for B. bavariensis , and it raises questions regarding the possible mechanisms of pathogen dispersal from Asia to North America. IMPORTANCE To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of B. bavariensis outside Eurasia. Additionally, the bacterium was found in a marine ecosystem involving the seabird tick I. uriae and its associated seabird hosts. This indicates that the epizootiology of B. bavariensis transmission is much different from what had been described, with this species previously believed to be a rodent-specific ecotype, and it indicates that this pathogen is established, or establishing, much more widely. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland North Atlantic ASM Journals (American Society for Microbiology) Canada Newfoundland Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83 20 |
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ABSTRACT The first report of members of the spirochete genus Borrelia in the seabird tick, Ixodes uriae , and seabird colonies occurred during the early 1990s. Since then, Borrelia spp. have been detected in these ticks and seabird colonies around the world. To date, the primary species detected has been Borrelia garinii , with rare occurrences of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia lusitaniae. During our research on Borrelia and I. uriae in seabird colonies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, we have identified Borrelia bavariensis in I. uriae . To our knowledge, B. bavariensis has previously been found only in the Eurasian tick species Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes ricinus , and it was believed to be a rodent-specific Borrelia ecotype. We found B. bavariensis within I. uriae from three seabird colonies over three calendar years. We also reanalyzed B. garinii sequences collected from I. uriae from Eurasian seabird colonies and determined that sequences from two Russian seabird colonies likely also represent B. bavariensis . The Canadian B. bavariensis sequences from I. uriae analyzed in this study cluster with previously described sequences from Asia. Overall, this is an important discovery that illustrates and expands the range of hosts and vectors for B. bavariensis , and it raises questions regarding the possible mechanisms of pathogen dispersal from Asia to North America. IMPORTANCE To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of B. bavariensis outside Eurasia. Additionally, the bacterium was found in a marine ecosystem involving the seabird tick I. uriae and its associated seabird hosts. This indicates that the epizootiology of B. bavariensis transmission is much different from what had been described, with this species previously believed to be a rodent-specific ecotype, and it indicates that this pathogen is established, or establishing, much more widely. |
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Dudley, Edward G. Newfoundland and Labrador Forestry and Agrifoods Agency Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Public Health Agency of Canada Memorial University of Newfoundland |
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Munro, Hannah J. Ogden, Nicholas H. Lindsay, L. Robbin Robertson, Gregory J. Whitney, Hugh Lang, Andrew S. Evidence for Borrelia bavariensis Infections of Ixodes uriae within Seabird Colonies of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Evidence for Borrelia bavariensis Infections of Ixodes uriae within Seabird Colonies of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Evidence for Borrelia bavariensis Infections of Ixodes uriae within Seabird Colonies of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Evidence for Borrelia bavariensis Infections of Ixodes uriae within Seabird Colonies of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Evidence for Borrelia bavariensis Infections of Ixodes uriae within Seabird Colonies of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Evidence for Borrelia bavariensis Infections of Ixodes uriae within Seabird Colonies of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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evidence for borrelia bavariensis infections of ixodes uriae within seabird colonies of the north atlantic ocean |
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