Presence of Borrelia Spirochetes in White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), and Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca): Hospitalized in a Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary (Hortobágy, Hungary)
András Pál Bózsik, János Déri, Béla Pál Bózsik, Borisz Egri, Paola Galluzzo, Guido Ruggero Loria, Sergio Migliore · 2024
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András Bózsik and six colleagues check the blood of hospitalized wild birds in Hungary for Borrelia spirochetes, the bacteria behind Lyme disease and avian borreliosis. Thirty-six large birds at a Hortobágy bird hospital, mostly injured storks and eagles, gave samples examined by dark-field microscopy.
Spirochetes appeared in about seventy-five percent of storks and sixty-eight percent of birds of prey, despite no illness symptoms. All five samples checked by fluorescence testing carried the human-pathogenic Borrelia burgdorferi group. The injured birds were admitted for trauma, not infection, so the positives reflect silent carriage. The authors argue direct blood screening reveals how common asymptomatic Borrelia infection is among wild birds.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | András Pál Bózsik, János Déri, Béla Pál Bózsik, Borisz Egri, Paola Galluzzo, Guido Ruggero Loria, Sergio Migliore |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |