Abstract
We detected 24 Encephalitozoon cuniculi positive Ixodes ricinus ticks of 284 collected in the Czech Republic. Since the route of transmission of microsporidia is not fully understood, the presence of microsporidia in ticks raises the question of whether they may be involved in the transmission of these pathogens.
Keywords:
Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Ixodes ricinus; PCR; qPCR; vector.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Czech Republic
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Encephalitozoon cuniculi / genetics
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Encephalitozoon cuniculi / isolation & purification
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Encephalitozoonosis / microbiology
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Encephalitozoonosis / transmission
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Humans
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Ixodes* / microbiology
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Microsporidiosis / transmission
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Tick-Borne Diseases / microbiology
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Tick-Borne Diseases / transmission
Grants and funding
This work was supported by grants from the Czech Science Foundation (24-10274S) and Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (Reg. no. NU21-05-00143). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.