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Eco-epidemiology of vector-borne pathogens (Babesia, Theileria, Rickettsia) in the zone of expansion of marsh tick Dermacentor reticulatus: evaluation of tick densities, zoonotic reservoir and the molecular-genetic signature of the pathogens involved

2014/14/E/NZ7/00153

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ7_1: Epidemiologia
  • NZ7_2: Zagrożenia środowiskowe
  • NZ6_6: Parazytologia

Panel

NZ7 – Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health: public health, epidemiology, environmental health risks and occupational medicine, medical ethics, drug discovery and therapies, pharmacology

Host institution

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

Voivodeship: mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr hab. Anna Bajer

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call

SONATA BIS 4 – announced on 2014-06-16

Amount awarded
833 000 PLN
Project start date
2015-06-03
Project end date
2019-06-02
Project duration
48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Fotopułapka (5 pcs). Cost: 5 000 PLN
  2. Mikroskop stereoskopowy Zeiss.
  3. termocykler. Cost: 35 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (12)

  1. Comparison of the detection efficiency of haemoparasite DNA in blood and faecal samples – the way to eco-epidemiological studies

    Authors:
    Bajer A, Dwużnik D. Tołkacz K, Alsarraf M, Mierzejewska EJ.
    Academic press:
    Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine (year: 2019, volume: 26(4), pages: 538-543), Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Wsi
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.26444/aaem/109664 – link to the publication

  2. The role of juvenile ticks Dermacentor reticulatus ticks as vectors of microorganisms and the problem of 'meal contamination'

    Authors:
    Bajer A., Dwużnik D., Mierzejewska E.J., Drabik P., Kloch A., Alsarraf M., Behnke J.M.
    Academic press:
    Experimental and Applied Acarology (year: 2019, volume: 78(2), pages: 181-202), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10493-019-00380-6 – link to the publication

  3. The red fox (Vulpes vulpes), a possible reservoir of Babesia vulpes, B. canis and Hepatozoon canis and its association with the tick Dermacentor reticulatus occurrence

    Authors:
    Mierzejewska EJ, Dwużnik D, Koczwarska J, Stańczak Ł, Opalińska P, Krokowska-Paluszak M, Wierzbicka A, Górecki G, Bajer A.
    Academic press:
    Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases (year: 2021, volume: 12(1), pages: 101551), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101551 – link to the publication

  4. The prevalence of Dirofilaria repens in cats, healthy dogs and dogs with concurrent babesiosis in an expansion zone in central Europe

    Authors:
    Bajer A., Rodo A., Mierzejewska E.J., Tołkacz K., Welc-Faleciak R.
    Academic press:
    BMC Veterinary Research (year: 2016, volume: 12(1), pages: 183), Publisher: BioMed Central, Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s12917-016-0816-3 – link to the publication

  5. Ectoparasites of red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes) with a particular focus on ticks in subcutaneous tissues

    Authors:
    Dwużnik D, Mierzejewska EJ, Kowalec M, Alsarraf M, Stańczak Ł, Opalińska P, Krokowska-Paluszak M, Górecki G, Bajer A.
    Academic press:
    Parasitology (year: 2020, volume: 147(12), pages: 1359-1368), Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1017/S003118202000116X – link to the publication

  6. The efficiency of live-capture traps for the study of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs: a three-year study in Poland.

    Authors:
    Mierzejewska EJ, Dwużnik D, Tołkacz K, Bajer A, Panek M, Grzybek M.
    Academic press:
    Animals (Basel) (year: 2020, volume: 10(3), pages: 374), Publisher: MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Switzerland)
    Status:
    Published

  7. New focus of the tick Haemaphysalis concinna in Western Poland

    Authors:
    Dwużnik D., Mierzejewska EJ., Alsarraf M., Bajer A.
    Academic press:
    Experimental and Applied Acarology (year: 2019, volume: 78(1), pages: 93-112), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10493-019-00371-7 – link to the publication

  8. Abundance of the tick, Dermacentor reticulatus, in an ecosystem of abandoned meadows: experimental intervention and the critical importance of mowing

    Authors:
    Bajer A, Rodo A, Alsarraf M, Dwuznik D, Behnke JM, Mierzejewska EJ.
    Academic press:
    Veterinary Parasitology (year: 2017, volume: 246, pages: 70-75), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.09.004 – link to the publication

  9. Rodents as intermediate hosts of cestode parasites of mammalian carnivores and birds of prey in Poland, with the first data on the life-cycle of Mesocestoides melesi

    Authors:
    Anna Bajer, Mohammed Alsarraf, Dorota Dwużnik, Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Marta Kołodziej-Sobocińska, Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk, Łukasz Banasiak, Maciej Grzybek, Katarzyna Tołkacz, Natalia Kartawik, Łukasz Stańczak, Patrycja Opalińska, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Grzegorz Górecki, Mustafa Alsarraf, Jerzy M. Behnke
    Academic press:
    Parasites and Vectors (year: 2020, volume: 13, pages: 95), Publisher: BMC part of Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s13071-020-3961-2 – link to the publication

  10. Molecular study of transovarial transmission of Babesia canis in the Dermacentor reticulatus tick.

    Authors:
    Mierzejewska E, Dwużnik D., Bajer A.
    Academic press:
    Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine (year: 2018, volume: 25(4), pages: 669-671.), Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Wsi
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.26444/aaem/94673 – link to the publication

  11. Origins of recently emerged foci of the tick Dermacentor reticulatus in central Europe inferred from molecular markers

    Authors:
    Kloch A., Mierzejewska E.J., Karbowiak G., Slivinska K., Alsarraf M., Rodo A., Kowalec M., Dwużnik D., Didyk YM, Bajer A.
    Academic press:
    Veterinary Parasitology (year: 2017, volume: 237, pages: 63-69.), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.02.020 – link to the publication

  12. Spread of Dermacentor reticulatus is associated with the loss of forest area

    Authors:
    Mierzejewska EJ, Estrada-Peña A, Bajer A.
    Academic press:
    Experimental and Applied Acarology (year: 2017, volume: 72(4), pages: 399-413.), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10493-017-0160-8 – link to the publication

Articles in post-conference publications (24)

  1. Pasożyty zewnętrzne lisów z terenów centralnej i północno-wschodniej Polski

    Authors:
    Dorota Dwużnik, Ewa Mierzejewska, Maciej Kowalec, Damian Kakietek, Julia Koczwarska, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    XVIII Międzynarodowe Sympozjum Stawonogi Pasożytnicze, Alergogenne i Jadowite – Znaczenie Medyczne i Sanitarne, Janowiec nad Wisłą (year: 2016, pages: 87-88), Publisher: Koliber, Oficyna Wydawnicza Fundacji na Rzecz Zwalczania Kleszczy i Profilaktyki w Chorobach Odkleszczowych
    Date:
    conference 7-9 czerwca
    Status:
    Published

  2. Ticks, mice and red fox- the study on the expansion of Dermacentor reticulatus in Poland

    Authors:
    Dorota Dwużnik, Ewa Mierzejewska, Maciej Kowalec, Łukasz Stańczak, Patrycja Opalińska, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Grzegorz Górecki, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    Vectors and Pathogens – In the past and in the future (year: 2017, pages: 12), Publisher: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
    Date:
    conference 24.11.
    Status:
    Published

  3. The role of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) as a reservoir of morbific Cryptosporidium protozoans.

    Authors:
    Dorota Dwużnik, Ewa Julia Mierzejewska, Łukasz Stańczak, Patrycja Opalińska, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Grzegorz Górecki, Anna Bajer.
    Conference:
    10th EFIS-EJI South East European Immunology School (SEEIS2018) (year: 2018, pages: 15), Publisher: Organizing Committee of EFIS-EJI
    Date:
    conference 19-22.10.2018
    Status:
    Published

  4. Evidence for trans-ovarial transmission of Babesia canis in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks

    Authors:
    Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Dorota Dwużnik, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    Vectors and Pathogens – In the past and in the future (year: 2017, pages: 14), Publisher: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
    Date:
    conference 24.11.
    Status:
    Published

  5. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) as reservoir host of tick-borne microparasites in Poland

    Authors:
    Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Dorota Dwużnik, Julia Koczwarska, Patrycja Opalińska, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Łukasz Stańczak, Grzegorz Górecki, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    Vectors and Pathogens – In the past and in the future (year: 2017, pages: 13), Publisher: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
    Date:
    conference 24.11.
    Status:
    Published

  6. Significance and control of the tick Dermacentor reticulatus in Central Poland.

    Authors:
    Bajer A., Dwużnik D., Alsarraf M., Mierzejewska E.J.
    Conference:
    Vectors and Pathogens – In the past and in the future (year: 2017, pages: 11), Publisher: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
    Date:
    conference 24.11.
    Status:
    Published

  7. Dermacentor reticulatus tick as a vector of pathogens

    Authors:
    Paulina Drabik, Dorota Dwużnik, Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Agnieszka Kloch, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    1st International workshop on Bank Vole Research (year: 2017, pages: 24), Publisher: UP w Lublinie
    Date:
    conference 11-12.05
    Status:
    Published

  8. Filarie Dirofilaria repens u psów i kotów w Polsce: rozprzestrzenienie i konsekwencje koinwazji z Babesia canis.

    Authors:
    Bajer A., Rodo A., Mierzejewska E.J., Tołkacz K., Welc-Faleciak R.
    Conference:
    Szkolenie dla lekarzy weterynarii Nowoczesne trendy i możliwości diagnostyki chorób pasożytniczych zwierząt domowych, Warszawa (year: 2017, pages: 46-47), Publisher: AmerLab sp. z o.o.
    Date:
    conference 29 stycznia
    Status:
    Published

  9. The role of red fox as a zoonotic reservoir for Alaria alata flukes

    Authors:
    Dorota Dwużnik, Damian Kakietek, Maciej Religa, Ewa Mierzejewska, Anna Bajer.
    Conference:
    6th Central European Congress of Life Sciences, Eurobiotech (year: 2017, pages: 200), Publisher: Targi w Krakowie Ltd, Kraków
    Date:
    conference 11-14.09.
    Status:
    Published

  10. The prevalence of Dirofilaria repens in cats, healthy dogs and dogs with concurrent babesiosis in an expansion zone in central Poland

    Authors:
    Bajer A., Rodo A., Mierzejewska E.J., Tołkacz K., Welc-Faleciak R.
    Conference:
    XXIV Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Kraków (year: 2016, pages: 181), Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne, Annals of Parasitology, Suppl. 62
    Date:
    conference 5-8 września
    Status:
    Published

  11. Genetic diversity of a tick, Dermacentor reticulatus, in expansion zone in central Europe.

    Authors:
    Bajer A., Mierzejewska E.J., Karbowiak G., Slivinska K., Alsarraf M., Rodo A., Kowalec M., Dwużnik D., Kloch A.
    Conference:
    XXIV Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Kraków (year: 2016, pages: 180), Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne, Annals of Parasitology, Suppl. 62
    Date:
    conference 5-8 września
    Status:
    Published

  12. Vector role and control of the tick Dermacentor reticulatus in Poland

    Authors:
    Anna Bajer, Dwużnik D., Alsarraf M., Mierzejewska E.J.
    Conference:
    28th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Parasitology (year: 2018, pages: 173-174), Publisher: German Society for Parasitology
    Date:
    conference 21-24.03.2018
    Status:
    Published

  13. Fox in trouble. Tick-borne microparasites affecting red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Poland.

    Authors:
    Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Dorota Dwużnik, Julia Koczwarska, Patrycja Opalińska, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Łukasz Stańczak, Grzegorz Górecki, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    28th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Parasitology (year: 2018, pages: 300), Publisher: German Society for Parasitology
    Date:
    conference 21-24.03.2018
    Status:
    Published

  14. Expansion and control of the tick dermacentor reticulatus in Poland

    Authors:
    Anna Bajer Dorota Dwużnik, Mohammed Alsarraf, Ewa J. Mierzejewska,
    Conference:
    13th International Symposium on ticks and tick-borne diseases (year: 2019, pages: 96), Publisher: Forster & Borries GMBH
    Date:
    conference 28-30 March
    Status:
    Published

  15. Porównanie występowania patogenów wektorowanych w populacji psów i lisów na terenie województwa mazowieckiego

    Authors:
    Mierzejewska EJ.
    Conference:
    Szkolenie dla lekarzy weterynarii Nowoczesne trendy i możliwości diagnostyki chorób pasożytniczych zwierząt domowych, Warszawa (year: 2017, pages: 38-39), Publisher: AmerLab Sp. z o.o.
    Date:
    conference 29 stycznia
    Status:
    Published

  16. Comparison of tick diversity between adult and juvenile red foxes

    Authors:
    Dwużnik D, Mierzejewska EJ, Alsarraf M, Kowalec M, Karbowiak G, Stanczak O, Opalinska P, Krokowska-Paluszak M, Górecki G, Bajer A.
    Conference:
    13th International Symposium on ticks and tick-borne diseases (year: 2019, pages: 50-51), Publisher: Forster & Borries GMBH
    Date:
    conference 28-30 March
    Status:
    Published

  17. Porównanie roli wektorowej i sposobów zwalczania kleszczy Ixodes ricinus i Dermacentor reticulatus

    Authors:
    Mierzejewska EJ
    Conference:
    Szkolenie dla lekarzy weterynarii Nowoczesne trendy i możliwości diagnostyki chorób pasożytniczych zwierząt domowych, Warszawa (year: 2017, pages: 40-42), Publisher: AmerLab sp. z o.o.
    Date:
    conference 29 stycznia
    Status:
    Published

  18. Rola lisa rudego (Vulpes vulpes) jako rezerwuaru zoonotycznego chorobotwórczych pierwotniaków z rodzaju Cryptosporidium.

    Authors:
    Dorota Dwużnik, Ewa Julia Mierzejewska, Łukasz Stańczak, Patrycja Opalińska, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Grzegorz Górecki, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    VIII Konferencja Niebezpieczne zoonozy - toksokaroza, toksoplazmoza, echinokokoza (year: 2018, pages: 21), Publisher: Wojskowy Instytut Higieny i Epidemiologii
    Date:
    conference 17.10.2018
    Status:
    Published

  19. Czy DNA pasożytów krwi może być wykrywane w próbkach kału? Zastosowanie metod molekularnych do wykrywania Babesia i Hepatozoon w próbkach kału.

    Authors:
    Anna Bajer, Dorota Dwużnik, Katarzyna Tołkacz, Mohammed Alsarraf, Ewa J. Mierzejewska
    Conference:
    VIII Konferencja Niebezpieczne zoonozy - toksokaroza, toksoplazmoza, echinokokoza (year: 2018, pages: 23), Publisher: Wojskowy Instytut Higieny i Epidemiologii
    Date:
    conference 17.10.2018
    Status:
    Published

  20. Tick mischief: what can be detected in juvenile ticks Dermacentor reticulatus collected from rodents?

    Authors:
    Anna Bajer, Dorota Dwużnik, Paulina Drabik, Mohammed Alsarraf, Ewa J. Mierzejewska
    Conference:
    13th International Symposium on ticks and tick-borne diseases (year: 2019, pages: 81-82), Publisher: Forster & Borries GMBH
    Date:
    conference 28-30 March
    Status:
    Published

  21. Ectoparasites of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from Poland and the phenomenon of ticks in subscutaneous tissue

    Authors:
    Dorota Dwużnik, Ewa Julia Mierzejewska, Mohammed Alsarraf, Maciej Kowalec, Grzegorz Karbowiak, Łukasz Stańczak, Patrycja Opalińska, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Grzegorz Górecki, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    XIIIth Slovak And Czech Parasitological Days. Parasites in the Heart of Europe 2 (year: 2018, pages: 36), Publisher: Slovak Society for Parasitology, Czech Society for Parasitology
    Date:
    conference 21-24.05.2018
    Status:
    Published

  22. New finding of Haemaphysalis cincinna in Western Poland

    Authors:
    Dwużnik D, Mierzejewska EJ, Alsarraf M, Bajer A.
    Conference:
    13th International Symposium on ticks and tick-borne diseases (year: 2019, pages: 100), Publisher: Forster & Borries GMBH
    Date:
    conference 28-30 March
    Status:
    Published

  23. Pasożyty jelitowe lisów z terenów województwa mazowieckiego, warmińsko-mazurskiego i kujawsko-pomorskiego.

    Authors:
    Damian Kakietek, Dorota Dwużnik, Maciej Religa, Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Julia Koczwarska, Anna Bajer
    Conference:
    III Ogólnopolska Konferencja Doktorantów Nauk o Życiu BioOpen 2017 (year: 2017, pages: 181), Publisher: BioOpen
    Date:
    conference 11-12.05.
    Status:
    Published

  24. The comparative study of vector-borne pathogens in dogs and red foxes from Mazovia voivodeship.

    Authors:
    Mierzejewska E.J., Tołkacz K., Dwużnik D., Kakietek D., Koczwarska J., Bajer A.
    Conference:
    XXIV Congress of Polish Parasitological Society, Kraków (year: 2016, pages: 189), Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne, Annals of Parasitology, Suppl. 62
    Date:
    conference 5-8 września
    Status:
    Published

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