Acta Biomedica Scientifica (Sep 2018)

EVIDENCES ABOUT HUMAN TICK-BORNE INFECTIONS IN CUBA

  • I. Rodríguez,
  • A. A. Noda,
  • O. Fuentes,
  • R. Lienhard,
  • L. Gern

DOI
https://doi.org/10.29413/ABS.2018-3.5.25
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 164 – 165

Abstract

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Serosurveys for IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in a population exposed to tick bites (n = 247) and blood donors (n = 114) were done to assess the prevalence of tick-borne infections in. Seroprevalence of antiborrelial IgG antibodies was estimated in 0.6–7.2 % and 0 % of risk population and blood donors, respectively. While previous expositions to A. phagocytophilum (7.2 %), E. chaffensis (3.6 %) and B. microti (11.5 %) were serologically detected. These reports suggest the presence of tick-borne pathogens in Cuba, nonetheless lacking of further accurate information strongly calls to the need of more deeply studies. Cuba

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