2006: tick-borne encephalitis, borreliosis, and HGA in Mongolia

1: Int J Med Microbiol. 2006 Mar 6; [Epub ahead of print] Related
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Serological evidence for tick-borne encephalitis, borreliosis, and
human granulocytic anaplasmosis in Mongolia.

Walder G, Lkhamsuren E, Shagdar A, Bataa J, Batmunkh T, Orth D, Heinz
FX, Danichova GA, Khasnatinov MA, Wurzner R, Dierich MP.

Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Innsbruck
Medical University, Fritz-Pregl-Str. 3, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Five hundred and forty-five serum samples from donors from various
parts of Mongolia were investigated for antibodies against the
tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus, Borrelia burgdorferi, and
Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Seroprevalence against TBE was 5.1% in the
province of Selenge and 0.9% in Bulgan province, seroprevalence against
B. burgdorferi was 1.9% in Selenge province and Bulgan province, 13.9%
in Dornogov province, and 3.0% in Tov province and Ulaanbaatar.
Seroprevalence against A. phagocytophilum was 2.3% in Selenge province,
5.6% in Bulgan province, 2.8% in Dornogov province, and 3.0% in Tov
province and Ulaanbaatar. We conclude that all three pathogens are
endemic in Mongolia.

PMID: 16524782 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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