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Seroprevalence of six pathogens transmitted by the Ixodes ricinus ticks in asymptomatic individuals with HIV infection and in blood donors.
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Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2019 Feb 14; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 2117. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Feb 14. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The objective of our study was to estimate the seroprevalence of six pathogens transmitted by ticks in HIV-infected persons and blood donors in Poland (B. burgdorferi s.l., A. phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia spp., Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp. Bartonella henselae) to assess the frequency of exposure to such microorganisms in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals in endemic regions for I. ricinus ticks. Serum samples were collected from 227 HIV-infected patients and 199 blood donors. All samples were analyzed for antibodies against six tick-borne pathogens and seroprevalence rates were statistically compared between two tested group as well as age, sex and lymphocyte T CD4+ level in HIV infected patients. The seroprevalence of tick-borne infections in HIV-infected patients is higher than that of the healthy population in Poland, although no association between serological status of patients and lymphocyte CD4+ T cell level has been observed. The frequency of tick-borne coinfections and doubtful results of serological tests were significantly higher in HIV-positive individuals. In Poland, the possibility of tick-borne diseases transmission with blood is rather negligible.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anaplasma phagocytophilum isolation & purification
Animals
Babesia isolation & purification
Babesiosis blood
Babesiosis epidemiology
Babesiosis parasitology
Blood Donors
Borrelia isolation & purification
Borrelia Infections blood
Borrelia Infections epidemiology
Borrelia Infections microbiology
Case-Control Studies
Coinfection microbiology
Coinfection parasitology
Ehrlichia isolation & purification
Ehrlichiosis blood
Ehrlichiosis epidemiology
Ehrlichiosis microbiology
Female
HIV Infections microbiology
HIV Infections parasitology
Humans
Ixodes microbiology
Ixodes parasitology
Male
Middle Aged
Poland epidemiology
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Rickettsia isolation & purification
Rickettsia Infections blood
Rickettsia Infections epidemiology
Rickettsia Infections microbiology
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Tick Infestations
Tick-Borne Diseases microbiology
Tick-Borne Diseases parasitology
Young Adult
Coinfection blood
Coinfection epidemiology
HIV isolation & purification
HIV Infections blood
HIV Infections epidemiology
Tick-Borne Diseases blood
Tick-Borne Diseases epidemiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2045-2322
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Scientific reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30765826
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38755-9