期刊
ECOHEALTH
卷 14, 期 4, 页码 816-820出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-017-1268-3
关键词
Borrelia; Occupational risk; Tick-borne disease; Veterinary medicine; Zoonosis
资金
- Robert Smart Summer Research Fellowship Award
We collected blood and tick samples in eastern Maryland to quantify vector-borne pathogen exposure and infection in healthy cats and to assess occupational disease risk to veterinary professionals and others who regularly interact with household pets. Thirty-six percent of healthy cats parasitized by ticks at time of examination (9/25) were exposed to, and 14% of bloods (7/49) tested PCR-positive for, at least one vector-borne pathogen including several bloods and ticks with Borrelia miyamotoi, a recently recognized tick-borne zoonotic bacterium. There was no indication that high tick burdens were associated with exposure to vector-borne pathogens. Our results underscore the potential importance of cats to human vector-borne disease risk.
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