In:
Acta Parasitologica, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 63, No. 1 ( 2018-03-26), p. 33-39
Abstract:
Sera collected from healthy individuals from the general population in the Czech Republic during repeated cross-sectional surveys were analyzed. Samples collected in the same six districts in two time periods, 1978-1989 and 2001, were compared. The study subjects were divided into six age categories between 10 and 59 years. Overall, 434 samples from 1978-1989 and 270 samples from 2001 were screened for Anaplasma phagocytophilum (AP) and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (BB). The anti-AP positivity rates were 13.1% and 11.5% in the first and second period, respectively, and did not differ significantly between the periods (P = 0.559). The anti-BB antibodies were detected in 33.9% and 14.8% of study subjects, respectively. The positivity rates were significantly lower in the second period (P 〈 0.001). No considerable changes were observed in the sex distribution of positive findings between the two periods. The highest positivity rates of anti-AP antibodies were found in the 10–14 year age group: 16.0% in 1978-1989 and 16.7% in 2001. The age distribution of the anti-AP antibody positivity rates did not change substantially (P = 0.872). In 1978-1989, the lowest anti-BB antibody positivity rate (26.7%) was found in the 10–14 year age group, with a gradual increase with age to 41.1% in 50–59 year-olds. In 2001, the positivity rate in the 10–14 year age group was 26.2% and was not significantly different from that in the first period (P = 0.955). However, the positivity rates in the older age groups 15–59 years decreased significantly (P 〈 0.001) and varied between 8.3% and 15.1%.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1896-1851
,
1230-2821
DOI:
10.1515/ap-2018-0004
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2018
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2235366-5
SSG:
12
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