Ecological and epidemiological characteristics of ehrlichiae in Slovenia

Code

J3-3318 (C) - included in ARIS records

Head

PhD Miroslav Petrovec

Period

7/1/2001 - 6/30/2004

Range in 2004

0.27 FTE and 62 unpaid hours

Science

Natural sciences and mathematics (1)
Medical sciences (6)

Reseacher status

Researcher (7)
Junior expert or technical associate (0)

Education

Doctor's degree (7)

Sex

Woman (4)
Man (3)

Status

Employed at RO and RRD (4)
No data on employment in RO (1)
Retired (2)

No. of publications

100–999 (6)
1,000–9,999 (1)

Projects / Programmes source: ARIS

source: ARIS

Ecological and epidemiological characteristics of ehrlichiae in Slovenia

Research activity

Code	Science	Field	Subfield
3.01.00	Medical sciences	Microbiology and immunology

Code	Science	Field
B230	Biomedical sciences	Microbiology, bacteriology, virology, mycology

Keywords

tick-borne diseases, ehrlichiae, ecology, epidemiology, vectors, natural reservoirs, Slovenia

Evaluation (rules)

source: COBISS

Evaluation of bibliographic research performance indicators according to ARIS methodology

Citations Citations for bibliographic records in COBIB.SI that are linked to records in citation databases

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Researchers (7)

no.	Code	Name and surname	Research area	Role	Period	No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.	16235	PhD Maja Arnež	Microbiology and immunology	Researcher	2002 - 2004	184
2.	10331	PhD Tatjana Avšič-Županc	Microbiology and immunology	Researcher	2002 - 2004	808
3.	21334	PhD Darja Duh	Medical sciences	Researcher	2002 - 2004	149
4.	13299	PhD Stanka Lotrič Furlan	Microbiology and immunology	Researcher	2002 - 2004	335
5.	15902	PhD Miroslav Petrovec	Microbiology and immunology	Head	2002 - 2004	450
6.	13301	PhD Franc Strle	Microbiology and immunology	Researcher	2002 - 2004	849
7.	10061	PhD Tomi Trilar	Biology	Researcher	2002 - 2004	1,016

Organisations (3)

no.	Code	Research organisation	City	Registration number	No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.	0312	University Medical Centre Ljubljana	Ljubljana	5057272000	78,437
2.	0381	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine	Ljubljana	1627066	49,116
3.	0614	Slovenian Museum of Natural History	Ljubljana	5052670000	5,951

Abstract

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) is an emerging tick-borne disease in the United States. Serologic evidence of human infection has been reported from several European countries. The first European case of acute HGE was confirmed in Slovenia in 1996. It appears likely that tick I. ricinus is a vector of the HGE agent in Europe. In Slovenia, as in other European countries, I. ricinus is also the main vector of the causative agents of Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis. This study will document the incidence and importance of HGE to other tick transmitted infections in Slovenia, where all three pathogens are endemic. A clinically based prospective study will be conducted to enroll patients who will donate blood. An attempt to isolate and characterize the agent causing ehrlichiosis in Slovenia will be done. In the USA, white-tailed deer and small mammals may serve as primary reservoirs of the HGE agent, and the tick, Ixodes scapularis, has been shown to be a competent vector. Therefore, ticks, small mammals and deer material will be collected from the endemic regions and subsequently examined for the presence of the HGE agent by using serological and molecular techniques. Antigenic and genetic characterization of the isolate(s) or DNA by PCR and sequencing of multiple genes will be performed. Results of the comparative analysis between the HGE agent recovered from humans and those found in reservoir and vector species will benefits to a better understanding of the epizootiology of ehrlichial infections.