LYME DISEASE PARASITOSIS SYSTEM, THE STATE OF THE PROBLEM COMMUNICATION II. VERTEBRATE AS HOSTS OF TICKS AND RESERVOIRS OF PATHOGENS

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I.S.Vasilieva, Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Moscow, 119830 Russia

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Работа выполнена при поддержке программы "Интеграция", грант №2.1-362 "Медико-биологический центр: Биология возбудителя и клиника болезни Лайма". Автор приносит глубокую благодарность за помощь в подборе литературы и подготовке материала профессору Р.Л. Наумову ( ИМПИТМ им. Е.И. Марциновского), профессору И.Г. Харитоненкову, канд. биол. наук О.В. Бураковой (МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова), канд. биол. наук О.В. Волцит (Зоологический музей МГУ), доктору И.В. Успенскому (Иерусалимский университет).

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Communication II presents a review of the literature on the hosts of vectors and the pathogen reservoirs as the major component of the Lyme disease parasitosis system. The role of different vertebrates as the hosts of main vectors of Borrelia — ticks of the genus Ixodes ("persulcatus" group) — in circulation of Borrelia and preserving the foci in different parts of the nozoareal is discussed. It is shown that the dominant species of small mammals are the main reservoir of the Lyme disease patho-gens almost in all areas. The importance of major tick hosts less susceptible or non-susceptible to Borrelia such as wild ungulates or lizards which often determine the number, distribution, and, indirectly, the level of infestation of the Borrelia vectors is emphasized.

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