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Saturday, July 2, 2011

[AlternativeAnswers] Occurrence of Bartonella henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato co-infect

 




Occurrence of Bartonella henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
co-infections in ticks collected from humans in Germany.

Mietze A, Strube C, Beyerbach M, Schnieder T, Goethe R

Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2011 06; 17 (6): 918-20

Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17: 918-920 ABSTRACT: Bartonella (B.)
henselae is the zoonotic agent of cat scratch disease. B. henselae has
been associated with therapy-resistant Lyme disease in humans suggesting
that B. henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato might be
transmitted concurrently by ticks. In the present study we found that 16
(6.9%) of 230 Ixodes ricinus collected from humans harboured DNA of
Bartonella spp. Fifteen positive ticks were infected with B. henselae
and one tick with B. clarridgeiae. Twenty-five percent of the 16
Bartonella positive ticks were co-infected with Borrelia burgdorferi
sensu lato. Our data show that B. henselae is present in Ixodes ricinus
and that ticks may serve as source of infection for humans.

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