Search for tick-borne pathogens in the Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen
The tick species Ixodes uriae, parasitizing seabirds in the Arctic, may transmit many pathogens including various arboviruses, Borrelia spirochetes and Babesia apicomplexans. These pathogens may pose an important additional stress to seabirds, which are already stressed by environmental changes such...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ccbf696cb99c4790a98e7efd253a5045 2023-05-15T15:06:37+02:00 Search for tick-borne pathogens in the Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen Jana Elsterová Jiří Černý Jana Müllerová Radek Šíma Stephen J. Coulson Erlend Lorentzen Hallvard Strøm Libor Grubhoffer 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v34.27466 https://doaj.org/article/ccbf696cb99c4790a98e7efd253a5045 EN eng Norwegian Polar Institute http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/27466/pdf_47 https://doaj.org/toc/1751-8369 1751-8369 doi:10.3402/polar.v34.27466 https://doaj.org/article/ccbf696cb99c4790a98e7efd253a5045 Polar Research, Vol 34, Iss 0, Pp 1-7 (2015) Tick Ixodes uriae tick-borne pathogens arboviruses Borrelia spirochetes Babesia apicomplexans Environmental sciences GE1-350 Oceanography GC1-1581 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v34.27466 2022-12-31T13:44:28Z The tick species Ixodes uriae, parasitizing seabirds in the Arctic, may transmit many pathogens including various arboviruses, Borrelia spirochetes and Babesia apicomplexans. These pathogens may pose an important additional stress to seabirds, which are already stressed by environmental changes such as pollutants and decreased food availability. Here, we present the results of the first screening for arboviruses of the genera Flavivirus, Alphavirus, Orthobunyavirus, Phlebovirus and Orbivirus, as well as Borrelia spirochetes and Babesia apicomplexans from Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Using polymerase chain reaction technology with genus-specific primers, we tested 89 ticks collected on Jan Mayen, Bjørnøya and Spitsbergen between 2008 and 2012. We did not detect any of the screened tick-borne pathogens. Nevertheless, these pathogens may be introduced to Svalbard and Jan Mayen by migratory birds in the near future. The increasing numbers of ticks appearing in the studied areas make this introduction even more likely. Such an introduction would have serious impact on seabird ecology as well as on human public health. Therefore, continuous careful surveillance and monitoring of possible tick-borne pathogen introductions is important. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Bjørnøya Bjørnøya Jan Mayen Polar Research Svalbard Spitsbergen Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Bjørnøya ENVELOPE(-67.250,-67.250,-68.151,-68.151) Jan Mayen Svalbard Svalbard ENVELOPE(20.000,20.000,78.000,78.000) Svalbard Archipelago Polar Research 34 1 27466 |
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The tick species Ixodes uriae, parasitizing seabirds in the Arctic, may transmit many pathogens including various arboviruses, Borrelia spirochetes and Babesia apicomplexans. These pathogens may pose an important additional stress to seabirds, which are already stressed by environmental changes such as pollutants and decreased food availability. Here, we present the results of the first screening for arboviruses of the genera Flavivirus, Alphavirus, Orthobunyavirus, Phlebovirus and Orbivirus, as well as Borrelia spirochetes and Babesia apicomplexans from Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Using polymerase chain reaction technology with genus-specific primers, we tested 89 ticks collected on Jan Mayen, Bjørnøya and Spitsbergen between 2008 and 2012. We did not detect any of the screened tick-borne pathogens. Nevertheless, these pathogens may be introduced to Svalbard and Jan Mayen by migratory birds in the near future. The increasing numbers of ticks appearing in the studied areas make this introduction even more likely. Such an introduction would have serious impact on seabird ecology as well as on human public health. Therefore, continuous careful surveillance and monitoring of possible tick-borne pathogen introductions is important. |
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Search for tick-borne pathogens in the Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen |
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