Medical and Veterinary Entomology (1998) 12, 103-105

J. Halouzka, D. Postic and Z. Hubalek (1998)
Isolation of the spirochaete Borrelia afzelii from the mosquito Aedes vexans in the Czech Republic
Medical and Veterinary Entomology 12 (1), 103-105
Abstract: During the years 1993-1995, a total of 3580 culicine mosquitoes of six species were collected in South Moravia, Czech Republic, and examined by dark-field microscopy for the presence of borreliae. Females of Aedes cantans, Ae. sticticus, Ae. vexans, Culex pipiens and Cx pipiens biotype molestus (but not Ae. geniculatus or Culiseta annulata) harboured spirochaetes, the frequencies ranging from 0.7% to 7.8%. One isolate (BR-53) from Ae. vexans was identified as Borrelia afzelii genospecies. The potential role of mosquitoes in the epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis should be investigated.
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Database assignments for author(s): Zdenek Hubálek

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Aedes vexans		Czech Republic
	Culex pipiens		Czech Republic
	Culiseta annulata		Czech Republic
	Aedes sticticus		Czech Republic
	Aedes geniculatus		Czech Republic