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9580423

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Existing knowledge on reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was collated and reviewed and several species, particularly birds, were identified as reservoir competent. At the present time, 9 small mammals, 7 medium-sized mammals and 16 bird species, including passerines, sea birds and pheasants, appear to be capable of transmitting spirochaetes to ticks and thus of participating in the natural circulation of B. burgdorferi s.l. in Europe. The house mouse, Mus musculus is strongly suspected of reservoir competence and many other small rodent species, particularly in eastern Europe and Russia, have been implicated. Ungulates are not thought to play a major role as reservoir hosts, though co-feeding transmission may permit some tick infection. The criteria for establishment of reservoir status are outlined and a method for identification of host blood meals of previous instars of unfed ticks, developed in a participant laboratory, is briefly described.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0934-8840
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
287
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
196-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
European reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut de Zoologie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review