Preliminary studies on the relationship between Ixodes ricinus activity and tick-borne infection among occupationally-exposed inhabitants of eastern Poland

Relative density (activity) of the tick Ixodes ricinus was determined in five districts of the Lublin region (eastern Poland) by vegetation flagging. Tick activity values were compared to the determined by ELISA tests seroprevalence to tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and Borrelia burgdorferi in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2001, Vol.8 (2), p.293-295
Hauptverfasser:	Cisak, E, Chmielewska-Badora, J, Dutkiewicz, J, Zwoliński, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural Workers' Diseases - blood Agricultural Workers' Diseases - epidemiology Agricultural Workers' Diseases - immunology Animals Antibodies, Bacterial - blood Antibodies, Viral - blood Arachnids Borrelia Infections - blood Borrelia Infections - epidemiology Borrelia Infections - immunology Encephalitis Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne - immunology Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne - isolation & purification Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - blood Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - epidemiology Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - immunology Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Farmers Humans Ixodes - physiology Ixodes ricinus Poland - epidemiology Seroepidemiologic Studies Serology Tick Infestations - epidemiology Tick-borne encephalitis
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Zusammenfassung:	Relative density (activity) of the tick Ixodes ricinus was determined in five districts of the Lublin region (eastern Poland) by vegetation flagging. Tick activity values were compared to the determined by ELISA tests seroprevalence to tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and Borrelia burgdorferi in forestry workers and farmers from the same areas. A significant correlation between tick activity and seroprevalence to both TBEV and B. burgdorferi antigen was found in farmers and in the total examined population.
ISSN:	1232-1966 1898-2263