Preliminary studies on virus and spirochete accumulation in the cement plug of ixodid ticks

We provide evidence that tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. are accumulated in the cement plug in the host skin within the first few hours after tick attachment. Extirpation of the tick without the cement plug, even very soon after the attachment, did not prevent the transmi...

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Published in:Experimental & applied acarology 1996-12, Vol.20 (12), p.713-723
Main Authors: Alekseev, A N, Burenkova, L A, Vasilieva, I S, Dubinina, H V, Chunikhin, S P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acari
Animals
Arachnid Vectors - microbiology
Arachnid Vectors - virology
Borrelia burgdorferi
Borrelia burgdorferi Group - immunology
Borrelia burgdorferi Group - isolation & purification
Dermacentor - microbiology
Dermacentor - virology
Dermacentor reticulatus
disease transmission
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne - isolation & purification
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - virology
Female
Ixodes - microbiology
Ixodes - virology
Ixodes persulcatus
Ixodes ricinus
Ixodidae
Lyme Disease - immunology
Lyme Disease - microbiology
Mice
peau
piel animal
skin
tick-borne encephalitis virus
Ticks - microbiology
Ticks - virology
transmision de enfermedades
transmission des maladies
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Summary:We provide evidence that tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. are accumulated in the cement plug in the host skin within the first few hours after tick attachment. Extirpation of the tick without the cement plug, even very soon after the attachment, did not prevent the transmission by Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes persulcatus or Dermacentor reticulatus to mice. This was within 1 hour in the case of the TBE virus and after 20-22 h of attachment, in the case of Borrelia and I. persulcatus. The epidemiological significance of these findings is discussed.
ISSN:0168-8162
1572-9702
DOI:10.1007/BF00051556