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Folia Biol (Krakow). 2006;54(1-2):55-9. Links
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in mosquitoes from
Szczecin area.
* Kosik-Bogacka DI,
* Kuzna-Grygiel W,
* Gornik K.
Chair and Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology,
Pomeranian Medical University, Powstancow Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111
Szczecin, Poland. k...@sci.pam.szczecin.pl
The aim of the study was to determine the level of infection in
mosquitoes with spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the
woody areas of Szczecin. The mosquitoes were collected from May to
September 2003. The spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi s. l., present in
mosquitoes were detected in mosquitoes with indirect immunofluorescence
assay (IFA) using rabbit anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies and goat
anti-rabbit IgG marked with fluorescein isocyanate (FITC). A total of
1557 females and 58 males were collected. They represented the genera
Aedes (63%) and Culex (37%). The infection level of the mosquitoes from
the area studied amounted to 1.7%. The results of the present study
confirm the potential of these arthropods to spread Lyme borreliosis.