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Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey
BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine the geographical features and seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey, which has a high tick population due to its geographical position and climatic conditions. METHODS: From January to December 2014, 368 people living in Erzincan, northeastern T...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6423460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30918907 |
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author | Cikman, Aytekin Aydin, Merve Gulhan, Baris Karakecili, Faruk Demirtas, Levent Kesik, Ozan Arif |
author_facet | Cikman, Aytekin Aydin, Merve Gulhan, Baris Karakecili, Faruk Demirtas, Levent Kesik, Ozan Arif |
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description | BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine the geographical features and seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey, which has a high tick population due to its geographical position and climatic conditions. METHODS: From January to December 2014, 368 people living in Erzincan, northeastern Turkey were enrolled. B. burgdorferi IgG antibodies were investigated in the collected serum samples using the ELISA method in 2015. Positive and borderline results were confirmed using the Western Blot (WB) method. RESULTS: Borrelia burgdorferi IgG positivity was found to be 4.1% by ELISA and 2.17% by WB. Of the seropositive people according to WB, 25% resided in areas within 2000m of rivers, 50% in areas with a slope of 0–5°, and 62.5% in areas with an altitude of lower than 1500 meters. CONCLUSION: The seroprevalence of Lyme borreliosis was high in Erzincan, particularly among people engaged in animal husbandry in rural areas. In addition, the seroprevalence of Borrelia varied according to geographical features, increasing in areas with a lower slope and altitude. |
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spelling | pubmed-64234602019-03-27 Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey Cikman, Aytekin Aydin, Merve Gulhan, Baris Karakecili, Faruk Demirtas, Levent Kesik, Ozan Arif J Arthropod Borne Dis Original Article BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine the geographical features and seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey, which has a high tick population due to its geographical position and climatic conditions. METHODS: From January to December 2014, 368 people living in Erzincan, northeastern Turkey were enrolled. B. burgdorferi IgG antibodies were investigated in the collected serum samples using the ELISA method in 2015. Positive and borderline results were confirmed using the Western Blot (WB) method. RESULTS: Borrelia burgdorferi IgG positivity was found to be 4.1% by ELISA and 2.17% by WB. Of the seropositive people according to WB, 25% resided in areas within 2000m of rivers, 50% in areas with a slope of 0–5°, and 62.5% in areas with an altitude of lower than 1500 meters. CONCLUSION: The seroprevalence of Lyme borreliosis was high in Erzincan, particularly among people engaged in animal husbandry in rural areas. In addition, the seroprevalence of Borrelia varied according to geographical features, increasing in areas with a lower slope and altitude. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6423460/ /pubmed/30918907 Text en Copyright© Iranian Society of Medical Entomology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Cikman, Aytekin Aydin, Merve Gulhan, Baris Karakecili, Faruk Demirtas, Levent Kesik, Ozan Arif Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey |
title | Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey |
title_full | Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey |
title_fullStr | Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey |
title_full_unstemmed | Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey |
title_short | Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey |
title_sort | geographical features and seroprevalence of borrelia burgdorferi in erzincan, turkey |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6423460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30918907 |
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