Titel (eng)

Babesiosis in Southeastern, Central and Northeastern Europe: An Emerging and Re-Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans and Animals

Autor*in

Anna Bajer   University of Warsaw

Julia Walochnik   Medical University of Vienna

Katarzyna Tolkacz   University of Warsaw

Christina Strube   University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

Andrea Springer   University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

Manuela Schnyder   University of Zurich

Renate Ranka   Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre

Jana Radzijevskaja   Vytautas Magnus University

Algimantas Paulauskas   Vytautas Magnus University

Valentina Oborina   Estonian University of Life Sciences

Michael Leschnik   University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Pikka Jokelainen   Statens Serum Institut

Mike Heddergott   Musée National d'Historire Naturelle

Hans-Peter Fuehrer   University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Róbert Farkas   University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest

Ramon M. Eichenberger   University of Zurich

Dorota Dwużnik-Szarek   University of Warsaw

Jerzy M. Behnke   University of Nottingham

Relja Beck   Croatian Veterinary Institute

Ana Beck

Verlag

MDPI

Beschreibung (eng)

There is now considerable evidence that in Europe, babesiosis is an emerging infectious disease, with some of the causative species spreading as a consequence of the increasing range of their tick vector hosts. In this review, we summarize both the historic records and recent findings on the occurrence and incidence of babesiosis in 20 European countries located in southeastern Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia), central Europe (Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland), and northern and northeastern Europe (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway), identified in humans and selected species of domesticated animals (cats, dogs, horses, and cattle). Recorded cases of human babesiosis are still rare, but their number is expected to rise in the coming years. This is because of the widespread and longer seasonal activity of Ixodes ricinus as a result of climate change and because of the more extensive use of better molecular diagnostic methods. Bovine babesiosis has a re-emerging potential because of the likely loss of herd immunity, while canine babesiosis is rapidly expanding in central and northeastern Europe, its occurrence correlating with the rapid, successful expansion of the ornate dog tick (Dermacentor reticulatus) populations in Europe. Taken together, our analysis of the available reports shows clear evidence of an increasing annual incidence of babesiosis across Europe in both humans and animals that is changing in line with similar increases in the incidence of other tick-borne diseases. This situation is of major concern, and we recommend more extensive and frequent, standardized monitoring using a "One Health" approach.

Sprache des Objekts

Englisch

Datum

2022

Rechte

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CC BY 4.0 - Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz.

CC BY 4.0 International

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Klassifikation

Dermacentor-Reticulatus Ticks; Ixodes-Ricinus Ticks; Theileria-Equi Infection; Foxes Vulpes-Vulpes; Canine Babesiosis; Molecular Characterization; Anaplasma-Phagocytophilum; Borrelia-Burgdorferi; Gibsoni Infection; Hepatozoon-Canis

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