Journal
PATHOGENS
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11050499
Keywords
Babesia canis; Borrelia burgdorferi; paralogs; sled dog; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Poland; Ukraine; PCR
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- National Science Centre (NCN) [OPUS 2017/27/B/NZ6/01691]
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This study found a high prevalence of Babesia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infections in pet dogs from Central and North-Eastern Europe, but not in sled dogs and Baltic countries.
Ticks are important vectors of numerous pathogens of medical and veterinary significance. The aim of the current study was to determine the prevalence of Babesia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in sled and pet dogs from Central and North-Eastern Europe. Neither Babesia spp. nor Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infections were detected in sled dogs from seven countries (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Russia and Finland). The DNA of Babesia spp. was detected in 100% of symptomatic and 5.4% of asymptomatic pet dogs from Poland. Similarly, the DNA of Babesia spp. was identified in 82% of symptomatic and 3.8% of asymptomatic pet dogs from Ukraine. The DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. was detected in 4.4% of pet dogs. Molecular typing confirmed the presence of Babesia canis and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.) in selected samples. Four dogs were co-infected by B. canis and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. Tick-borne pathogens constitute a serious health threat to pet dogs in Central and South-Eastern Europe, but were not observed among sled dogs from the same region of Europe nor in the Baltic countries.
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