Ticks: Department of ecology and environmental sciences

Using the study of the distribution, abundance and prevalence of three groups of relatively overlooked, tick-borne pathogens (namely representatives of the genera Rickettsia, Anaplasma and Babesia), the projects have two main goals. The first is to create Czech risk maps for the above-mentioned groups of pathogenic agents through GIS modeling. The second goal is to create a publicly accessible application for subsequent analysis of the distribution and abundance of different studied pathogens. To achieve these goals, the project uses a comprehensive approach, including the study of the evolutionary relationships of the found isolates and their taxonomy. An essential part of the project is the preparation of a rapid, specific, sensitive and reliable quantitative diagnostic methodology. The project will also clarify the biodiversity of studied groups in relation to the Czech Republic. The results obtained will serve as a platform for further study of tick-borne pathogens, including those that have been neglected so far. Methodically, the project takes advantage of the complementary skills of two cooperating teams.

About project

Aims of the project: To establish and verify the diagnostics of passing, ticks transmitting agents - rickettsiae, anaplasia and babesia.

Period: 2016–2020

Team
VFU Brno	Pavel Široký
	Vojtech Baláž
	Markéta Rybářová
	Matej Kautman
PřF UP Olomouc	Emil Tkadlec
PřF UP Olomouc	Tomáš Václavík

Analyzes and maps

Fig. 1. Abundance of the tick (Ixodes ricinus) in the cities of the Czech Republic in April-May 2017. The flagging method was used. The abundance index indicates the number of individuals obtained in 1 hour by flagging the crop.

Fig. 2. Abundance of Dermacentor reticulatus in the cities of the Czech Republic in April-May 2017. The flagging method was used. The abundance index indicates the number of individuals obtained in 1 hour by flagging the crop.

Fig. 3. Abundance Haemaphysalis concinna in cities of the Czech Republic from April to May 2017. The flagging method was used. The abundance index indicates the number of individuals obtained in 1 hour by flagging the crop.

Fig. 4. Total abundance of ticks in cities of the Czech Republic in the period April – May 2017. The flagging method was used. The abundance index indicates the number of individuals obtained in 1 hour by flagging the crop.

Fig. 5. Abundance of tick (Ixodes ricinus) in cities of the Czech Republic in 2018. The flagging method was used. The abundance index indicates the number of individuals obtained in 1 hour by flagging the crop.

Fig. 6. Abundance of Dermacentor reticulatus in the cities of the Czech Republic in 2018. The flagging method was used. The abundance index indicates the number of individuals obtained in 1 hour by flagging the crop.

Fig. 7. Abundance Haemaphysalis concinna in cities of the Czech Republic in 2018. The flagging method was used. The abundance index indicates the number of individuals obtained in 1 hour by flagging the crop.

Fig. 8. Total tick abundance in cities of the Czech Republic in 2018. The flagging method was used. The abundance index indicates the number of individuals obtained in 1 hour by flagging the crop.

Publications

Rybářová M, Honsová M, Papoušek I, Široký P. 2017. Variability of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in three sympatric ticks (Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna) at the edge of Pannonia in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Folia Parasitologica 64: 028. doi: 10.14411/fp.2017.028

Rybářová M, Široký1 P. 2017. Occurrence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in three sympatric tick species in the South Moravia, Czech Republic. Biologia 72(4): 365–369. doi: 10.1515/biolog-2017-0051

Tkadlec E, Václavík T, Kubelová M, Široký P. 2018. Diverging niche preferences in two European ticks, Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus. Ecological Entomology 43: 804-812.

Balážová A., Baláž V., Široký P. 2018. Development of new method for detecting rare tick-borne diseases. In: Sborník příspěvků ze XX. konference mladých vědeckých pracovníků s mezinárodní účastí. Brno, 2018, 1. vydání, s. 64-66.

Bilbija B., Papoušek I., Široký P. 2018. Development of methods for Dermacentor reticulatus population structure analysis. In: Sborník příspěvků ze XX. konference mladých vědeckých pracovníků s mezinárodní účastí. Brno, 2018, s. 67-70.

Ondruš J., Rymešová D. 2018. Prevalence Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis v klíšťatech České republiky. In: Sborník příspěvků konference Interní grantové agentury Veterinární a
farmaceutické univerzity Brno, 2018, s. 128-131.

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