Seroprevalence of Six Pathogens Transmitted by the Ixodes Ricinus Ticks in Asymptomatic Individuals with HIV Infection and in Blood Donors

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2019 Feb 16

PMID 30765826

Citations 11

Authors

Agnieszka Pawelczyk

Malgorzata Bednarska

Justyna D Kowalska

Beata Uszynska-Kaluza

Marek Radkowski

Renata Welc-Faleciak

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Abstract

The objective of our study was to estimate the seroprevalence of six pathogens transmitted by ticks in HIV-infected persons and blood donors in Poland (B. burgdorferi s.l., A. phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia spp., Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp. Bartonella henselae) to assess the frequency of exposure to such microorganisms in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals in endemic regions for I. ricinus ticks. Serum samples were collected from 227 HIV-infected patients and 199 blood donors. All samples were analyzed for antibodies against six tick-borne pathogens and seroprevalence rates were statistically compared between two tested group as well as age, sex and lymphocyte T CD4+ level in HIV infected patients. The seroprevalence of tick-borne infections in HIV-infected patients is higher than that of the healthy population in Poland, although no association between serological status of patients and lymphocyte CD4+ T cell level has been observed. The frequency of tick-borne coinfections and doubtful results of serological tests were significantly higher in HIV-positive individuals. In Poland, the possibility of tick-borne diseases transmission with blood is rather negligible.

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