Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment
The islands of Brittany provide unique ecosystems for ticks and tick-borne diseases owing to their oceanic climate, influencing interactions among ticks, hosts, and pathogens. We conducted a preliminary investigation on Belle-Île-en-Mer, an island off the Atlantic coast of Brittany in western France...
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| author | A. Haidar-Ahmad C. Barthel P. Boyer G. Joncour B. Degeilh N. Boulanger |
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| description | The islands of Brittany provide unique ecosystems for ticks and tick-borne diseases owing to their oceanic climate, influencing interactions among ticks, hosts, and pathogens. We conducted a preliminary investigation on Belle-Île-en-Mer, an island off the Atlantic coast of Brittany in western France, to assess the prevalence of questing adult ticks and associated human pathogenic bacteria. Dermacentor spp. were found to dominate the tick population (61 %): 23 % Dermacentor reticulatus and 77 % D. marginatus. Haemaphysalis punctata (27 %) was also prevalent on the island, and Ixodes ricinus (12 %) was detected for the first time on Belle-Île-en-Mer. Both Dermacentor species harbored either Rickettsia slovaca (24 %) or Rickettsia raoultii (20 %), whereas I. ricinus carried Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum but not Borrelia miyamotoi or Neoehrlichia mikurensis. Detection of two potentially pathogenic species in the B. burgdorferi sensu lato complex, B. afzelii and B. lusitaniae, along with A. phagocytophilum underscores the current risk of Lyme borreliosis and anaplasmosis. The high prevalence of Rickettsia infection in Dermacentor indicates an additional risk of human rickettsioses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-23ac2838461f4189b54cab552c94a0872025-02-05T04:31:29ZengElsevierTicks and Tick-Borne Diseases1877-96032025-01-01161102399Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environmentA. Haidar-Ahmad0C. Barthel1P. Boyer2G. Joncour3B. Degeilh4N. Boulanger5UR3073: PHAVI: Groupe Borrelia, Institut de Bactériologie, FMTS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, FranceUR3073: PHAVI: Groupe Borrelia, Institut de Bactériologie, FMTS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, FranceUR3073: PHAVI: Groupe Borrelia, Institut de Bactériologie, FMTS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France; French National Reference Center for Borrelia, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, 67000 Strasbourg, FranceGTV Bretagne. 22160 Callac, FranceLaboratoire de Parasitologie, Mycologie CHU Rennes rue Henri Le Guilloux 35033 Rennes, FranceUR3073: PHAVI: Groupe Borrelia, Institut de Bactériologie, FMTS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France; French National Reference Center for Borrelia, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, 67000 Strasbourg, France; Corresponding author.The islands of Brittany provide unique ecosystems for ticks and tick-borne diseases owing to their oceanic climate, influencing interactions among ticks, hosts, and pathogens. We conducted a preliminary investigation on Belle-Île-en-Mer, an island off the Atlantic coast of Brittany in western France, to assess the prevalence of questing adult ticks and associated human pathogenic bacteria. Dermacentor spp. were found to dominate the tick population (61 %): 23 % Dermacentor reticulatus and 77 % D. marginatus. Haemaphysalis punctata (27 %) was also prevalent on the island, and Ixodes ricinus (12 %) was detected for the first time on Belle-Île-en-Mer. Both Dermacentor species harbored either Rickettsia slovaca (24 %) or Rickettsia raoultii (20 %), whereas I. ricinus carried Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum but not Borrelia miyamotoi or Neoehrlichia mikurensis. Detection of two potentially pathogenic species in the B. burgdorferi sensu lato complex, B. afzelii and B. lusitaniae, along with A. phagocytophilum underscores the current risk of Lyme borreliosis and anaplasmosis. The high prevalence of Rickettsia infection in Dermacentor indicates an additional risk of human rickettsioses.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X2400092XIslandEcosystemTicks and tick-borne pathogens |
| spellingShingle | A. Haidar-Ahmad C. Barthel P. Boyer G. Joncour B. Degeilh N. Boulanger Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Island Ecosystem Ticks and tick-borne pathogens |
| title | Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment |
| title_full | Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment |
| title_fullStr | Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment |
| title_short | Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment |
| title_sort | ticks and tick borne pathogens on belle ile en mer an exploratory study in a western french island environment |
| topic | Island Ecosystem Ticks and tick-borne pathogens |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X2400092X |
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