Naslov
Novi krpeljima prenosivi uzročnici u sjeverozapadnoj Hrvatskoj
(NOVEL TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS IN NORTH-WEST CROATIA)

Autori
Golubić, Dragutin

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract book 6th Croatian congress on infectious diseases with international participation / - Šibenik, 2009

Skup
6th Croatian congress on infectious diseases with international participation

Mjesto i datum
Šibenik, Hrvatska, 24.10.2009. - 27.10.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Krpeljima prenosive bolesti; rikecije; novi uzročnici nađeni u Hrvatskoj
(Tick-brone diseases; rickettsiae; novel tick-borne agents in Croatia)

Sažetak
Over the last few decades it has been known that Ixodes ricinus is a vector of Borrelia burgdorferi and Tick-borne encephalitis virus in north Croatia and that Rhipicephalus sanguineus is a vector of Rickettsia conori, which is cause of Mediteranean spoted fever in south part of Croatia. A number of new Rickettsia species and subspecies have been found in Europe and other parts of the world during the past 10 years. We confirmed the presence of some of them in the north of Croatia. We conducted 3 studies in order to investigate ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus) that were captured in north-west part of Croatia. Furthermore, we analysed them by molecullar methods to detect the presence of Rickettsia strains or Anaplasma phagocytophila. 1. Rickettsia sp. strain RpA4 was found in 6 of 100 (6%) Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from north Croatia (in collaboration with Pierre-Bernard Fournier and Didier Raoult Marseille, France) 2. Of 100 Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from north-west Croatia 17 (17%) were positive for R. helvetica (in collaboration with M.Dobec, Zurich Switzerland) 3. Of 92 Ixodes ricinus ticks R. helvetica was determined in 1(1, 08%), and of 14 Dermacentor reticulatus ticks Rickettsia sp.RpA4 (R. raoultii) was determined in 4(28, 57%)(in collaboration with K.Strasek Smrdel, Ljubljana, Slovenia) 4. Of 92 Ixodes ricinus ticks A. phagocytophilum was detected in 4 (4, 34%).(in collaboration with K.Strasek Smrdel, Ljubljana, Slovenia). In 2002. we treated one patient with TIBOLA fever (Tick-borne lymphadenopathy), but we did confirmed aetiological agent (R. slovaca) neither in patient nor in ticks in north-west Croatia. We can concluded that these findings suggest that Spoted fever group Rickettsiae exist in the north of Croatia. Close attention should be paid, after tick bite symptoms in humans and animals.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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