TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Climate and Land Use on the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Tick-Borne Bacteria in Europe
AU - Rosà, Roberto
AU - Andreo, Veronica
AU - Tagliapietra, Valentina
AU - Baráková, Ivana
AU - Arnoldi, Daniele
AU - Hauffe, Heidi C.
AU - Manica, Mattia
AU - Rosso, Fausta
AU - Blaňarová, Lucia
AU - Bona, Martin
AU - Derdáková, Marketa
AU - Hamšíková, Zuzana
AU - Kazimírová, Maria
AU - Kraljik, Jasna
AU - Kocianová, Elena
AU - Mahríková, Lenka
AU - Minichová, Lenka
AU - Mošanský, Ladislav
AU - Slovák, Mirko
AU - Stanko, Michal
AU - Špitalská, Eva
AU - Ducheyne, Els
AU - Neteler, Markus
AU - Hubálek, Zdenek
AU - Rudolf, Ivo
AU - Venclikova, Kristyna
AU - Silaghi, Cornelia
AU - Overzier, Evelyn
AU - Farkas, Robert
AU - Földvári, Gábor
AU - Hornok, Sándor
AU - Takács, Nóra
AU - Rizzoli, Annapaola
PY - 2018/4/12
Y1 - 2018/4/12
N2 - The incidence of tick-borne diseases caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. has been rising in Europe in recent decades. Early pre-assessment of acarological hazard still represents a complex challenge. The aim of this study was to model Ixodes ricinus questing nymph density and its infection rate with B. burgdorferi s.l., A. phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in five European countries (Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary) in various land cover types differing in use and anthropisation (agricultural, urban and natural) with climatic and environmental factors (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), Land Surface Temperature (LST) and precipitation). We show that the relative abundance of questing nymphs was significantly associated with climatic conditions, such as higher values of NDVI recorded in the sampling period, while no differences were observed among land use categories. However, the density of infected nymphs (DIN) also depended on the pathogen considered and land use. These results contribute to a better understanding of the variation in acarological hazard for Ixodes ricinus transmitted pathogens in Central Europe and provide the basis for more focused ecological studies aimed at assessing the effect of land use in different sites on tick–host pathogens interaction.
AB - The incidence of tick-borne diseases caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. has been rising in Europe in recent decades. Early pre-assessment of acarological hazard still represents a complex challenge. The aim of this study was to model Ixodes ricinus questing nymph density and its infection rate with B. burgdorferi s.l., A. phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in five European countries (Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary) in various land cover types differing in use and anthropisation (agricultural, urban and natural) with climatic and environmental factors (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), Land Surface Temperature (LST) and precipitation). We show that the relative abundance of questing nymphs was significantly associated with climatic conditions, such as higher values of NDVI recorded in the sampling period, while no differences were observed among land use categories. However, the density of infected nymphs (DIN) also depended on the pathogen considered and land use. These results contribute to a better understanding of the variation in acarological hazard for Ixodes ricinus transmitted pathogens in Central Europe and provide the basis for more focused ecological studies aimed at assessing the effect of land use in different sites on tick–host pathogens interaction.
KW - ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
KW - ITC-GOLD
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/library/2018/isi/andreo_eff.pdf
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph15040732
DO - 10.3390/ijerph15040732
M3 - Article
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 15
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 4
M1 - 732
ER -
