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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2008, p. 1289-1293, Vol. 74, No. 4
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01060-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Blackbirds and Song Thrushes Constitute a Key Reservoir of Borrelia garinii, the Causative Agent of Borreliosis in Central Europe{triangledown} ,{dagger}

Veronika Taragel'ová,1* Juraj Koci,2 Klára Hanincová,3 Klaus Kurtenbach,4 Markéta Derdáková,1,5 Nick H. Ogden,6 Ivan Literák,7 Elena Kocianová,2 and Milan Labuda1,{ddagger}

Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia,1 Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 842 45 Bratislava, Slovakia,2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595,3 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom,4 Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia,5 Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Groupe de Recherche en Épidémiologie des Zoonoses et Santé Publique, Université de Montréal, Quebec J2S 7C6, Canada,6 Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic7

Received 11 May 2007/ Accepted 7 November 2007

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia. Phone: 421-2-59302648. Fax: 421-2-59302646. E-mail: veronika.taragelova{at}savba.sk

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 21 December 2007.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://aem.asm.org/.

{ddagger} Deceased.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2008, p. 1289-1293, Vol. 74, No. 4
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01060-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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