GIS-facilitated spatial epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in coyotes (Canis latrans) in northern and coastal California

被引:23
作者
Foley, JE [1 ]
Queen, EV
Sacks, B
Foley, P
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Sch Vet Med, Dept Med & Epidemiol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Sch Vet Med, Ctr Vectorbone Dis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[3] Univ Calif Davis, Sch Vet Med, Ctr Compan Anim Hlth, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[4] Univ Calif Davis, Sch Vet Med, Vet Genet Lab, Wildlife Unit, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[5] Calif State Univ Sacramento, Dept Biol Sci, Sacramento, CA 95819 USA
关键词
Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borreha burgdorferi; Canis latrans; coyote; anaplasmosis; GIS; Lyme disease;
D O I
10.1016/j.cimid.2005.01.006
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Ixodes pacificus is the main tick vector for transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi to large vertebrates in California. The present study was undertaken in L pacificus-infested counties in California to examine spatial and temporal relationships among A. phagocytophilum and B. burgdorferi-exposed coyotes with vegetation type and climate. The overall A. phagocytophilum and B. burgdorferi seroprevalences were 39.5 % (N = 215) and 18.9 % (N = 148), respectively, with no association with sex. PCR for A. phagocytophilum and B. burgdorferi was negative in all blood and kidney samples. Increased seroprevalence, was a positive function of rainfall. Ehrlichial seropositivity was increased in blue-oak foothill pine,
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