First record of Borrelia spielmani in Turkey

The almost worldwide distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sl spirochaetes promotes the association with different tick species and thus different epidemiological pattern can be observed. Seven B. burgdorferi genospecies are currently recognized in Europe. Two of them (B. bissettii and B. spielmani)...

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Veröffentlicht in:Veteriner fakultesi dergisi 2010-06, Vol.16, p.167-179
Hauptverfasser: Gargılı, A., Marmara Univ., Research Center for Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, İstanbul (Turkey), Midilli, K., İstanbul Univ., Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul (Turkey), Ergin, S., İstanbul Univ., Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul (Turkey), Şengöz, G., Haseki Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul (Turkey), Derviş, E., Haseki Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul (Turkey), Pena, A.E., Zaragoza Univ., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zaragoza (Spain)
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Zusammenfassung:The almost worldwide distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sl spirochaetes promotes the association with different tick species and thus different epidemiological pattern can be observed. Seven B. burgdorferi genospecies are currently recognized in Europe. Two of them (B. bissettii and B. spielmani) are still poorly characterized and most details about distribution are ignored. This paper reports the PCR detection of B. spielmani in a tick in the city of Istanbul (Turkey) collected while biting a human. This genospecies was previously known from The Netherlands, Germany, France, Hungary and Slovenia. This finding contributes to the further knowledge of the distribution of the different genospecies of B. burgdorferi sl. Borrelia burgdorferi sl. grubundaki spiroketlerin dünyadaki yayılışı farklı kene türleri ile ilişkilidir ve bu nedenle farklı epidemiyolojik özellikler gösterir. Avrupa ülkelerinde bugüne kadar yedi farklı B. burgdorferi genotipi bildirilmiştir. Bunlardan B. bissettii ve B. spielmani henüz yeterince tanımlanmamıştır ve yayılışları bilinmemektedir. Bu yazıda, İstanbul'da bir insanı tutmuş olan kene örneğinde PCR yöntemi ile saptanan B. spielmani bulgusu sunulmuştur. Bu genotip daha önce Hollanda, Almanya, Fransa, Macaristan ve Slovenya'dan bildirilmiştir. Bu bulgular, B. burgdorferi sl. genotipleri ve vektörlerinin yayılışları ile ilgili bilgilere katkıda bulunmaktadır.
ISSN:1309-2251
1309-2251