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The impact of tick microbiome and co-infections on Borrelia occurrence in Ixodes ricinus ticks and on tick-to-human transmission success of spirochetes

2020/37/B/NZ6/01587

Keywords:

microbiome Ixodes ricinus Borrelia burgdorferi transmission Lyme boreliosis NGS

Descriptors:

  • NZ6_006:

Panel:

NZ6 - Human and animal immunology and infection: immunity, immune disorders, immunotherapy, infectious and invasive diseases, microbiology, transplantology, allergology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Renata Anna Welc-Falęciak 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 8

Call: OPUS 19 - announced on 2020-03-16

Amount awarded: 1 258 668 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-02-15

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-02-14

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. Rickettsia species in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks feeding on human skin and clinical manifestations of tick-borne infections after tick bite
    Authors:
    . Koczwarska J, Pawełczyk A, Dunaj-Małyszko J, Polaczyk J, Welc-Falęciak R.
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2023, tom: 13(1), strony: 9930), Wydawca: Nature Portfolio , United Kingdom
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-023-37059-3 - link to the publication
  2. A seven-legged tick: anomalous Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Poland
    Authors:
    Koczwarska J, Nowakowska J, Polaczyk J, Welc-Falęciak R.
    Academic press:
    Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine (rok: 2023, tom: online first, strony: online first), Wydawca: Institute of Rural Health , Poland
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.26444/aaem/172533 - link to the publication