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Lizards and Lyme disease risk Diana Erazo Luisa Carrillo Rodriguez Marilia Palumbo Gaiarsa Paula Ribeiro Prist Rodrigo Mazzei Carvalho Introduction It is an important public health issue in the US, where it is the most common


  1. Lizards and Lyme disease risk • Diana Erazo • Luisa Carrillo Rodriguez • Marilia Palumbo Gaiarsa • Paula Ribeiro Prist • Rodrigo Mazzei Carvalho

  2. Introduction It is an important public health issue in the US, where it is the most common vector-borne disease

  3. Introduction It is an important public health issue in the US, where it is the most common vector-borne disease Western black-legged tick ( Ixodes pacificus ) Black-legged tick ( Ixodes scapularis)

  4. Introduction It is an important public health issue in the US, where it is the most common vector-borne disease Western black-legged tick ( Ixodes pacificus ) It’s transmitted to humans Black-legged tick ( Ixodes scapularis) trough ticks’ bites

  5. Introduction It is an important public health issue in the US, where it is the most common vector-borne disease Western black-legged tick ( Ixodes pacificus ) Borrelia burgdorferi It’s transmitted to humans Black-legged tick ( Ixodes scapularis) trough ticks’ bites

  6. Spring Winter Summer Fall

  7. Spring Eggs Winter Summer Fall

  8. Spring Eggs Larvae Winter Summer Fall

  9. Spring Nymph Eggs Larvae Winter Summer Fall

  10. Spring Nymph Eggs Larvae Winter Summer Fall

  11. Spring Nymph Eggs Larvae Winter Summer Adults Fall

  12. Spring Eggs Nymph Eggs Larvae Winter Summer Adults Fall

  13. Spring Eggs Nymph Eggs Larvae Winter Summer Adults Fall

  14. Hosts Sceloporus occidentalis

  15. Hosts Dusky-footed Woodrat Deer Mouse ( Neotoma fuscipes ) ( Peromyscus maniculatus ) Western Grey Squirrel California Kangaroo Rat ( Sciurus griseus ) ( Dipodomys californicus )

  16. Host competence : ability to sustain the tick population.

  17. Host competence : ability to sustain the tick population. Reservoir competence : ability of an infected host to infect a tick.

  18. Host competence

  19. Host competence

  20. Host competence Lizards hold up to 90 % of the ticks

  21. Reservoir competence

  22. Reservoir competence Susceptible tick � Infected tick �

  23. é Host competence ê Host competence ê Reservoir competence é Reservoir competence

  24. Objectives

  25. Objectives To assess the impacts of experimentally reduced western fence lizard density on abundance and infection prevalence of Ixodes pacificus and on tick distributions on the remaining hosts Other hosts Sceloporus occidentalis Ixodes pacificus ü Abundance ü Infection prevalence

  26. Hypothesis The presence of lizards may act as a barrier for the transmission of lyme disease, due to it high host competence and lower reservoir competence

  27. Hypothesis The presence of lizards may act as a barrier for the transmission of lyme disease, due to it high host competence and lower reservoir competence Predictions 1) If ticks switch to other hosts when lizards are scarce, and feed with equal success, then tick abundance might not decline and infection prevalence would increase.

  28. Hypothesis The presence of lizards may act as a barrier for the transmission of lyme disease, due to it high host competence and lower reservoir competence Predictions 1) If ticks switch to other hosts when lizards are scarce, and feed with equal success, then tick abundance might not decline and infection prevalence would increase. 2) Alternatively, reduced lizard abundance might lower tick abundance if ticks generally fail to find alternative, high-quality hosts

  29. Hypothesis The presence of lizards may act as a barrier for the transmission of lyme disease, due to it high host competence and lower reservoir competence Predictions 1) If ticks switch to other hosts when lizards are scarce, and feed with equal success, then tick abundance might not decline and infection prevalence would increase. 2) Alternatively, reduced lizard abundance might lower tick abundance if ticks generally fail to find alternative, high-quality hosts If there is a strong preference for lizards – no switch to an alternate host

  30. Methods MarinCounty,CA, north of San Francisco 14 long-term 1 ha plots

  31. Methods MarinCounty,CA, north of San Francisco 14 long-term 1 ha plots 6 experimental removal plots 8 control plots

  32. Results The effect of lizard removals on the density and infection prevalence of questing ticks was evaluated: ü Sampling larval ticks in the year of removals (time t) ü Nymphal ticks the year after the experimental manipulation

  33. Results The effect of lizard removals on the density and infection prevalence of questing ticks was evaluated: ü Sampling larval ticks in the year of removals (time t) ü Nymphal ticks the year after the experimental manipulation Time t: é Larvae ticks were not able to immediately find an alternate blood meal host

  34. Results The effect of lizard removals on the density and infection prevalence of questing ticks was evaluated: ü Sampling larval ticks in the year of removals (time t) ü Nymphal ticks the year after the experimental manipulation Time t: é Larvae ticks were not able to immediately find an alternate blood meal host é Larval burdens lizard removal elevated larval tick burden on female on female N. fuscipes woodrats

  35. Results The year following lizard removal:

  36. Results The year following lizard removal: ê Nymphal ticks ü 5.19% of larval I. pacificus did switch to a competent reservoir host ( N. fuscipes )

  37. Results The year following lizard removal: ê Nymphal ticks ü 5.19% of larval I. pacificus did switch to a competent reservoir host ( N. fuscipes ) ü The increased larval burden on N. fuscipes was not enough to absorb 94.81% of larvae that would have fed on lizards

  38. Results The year following lizard removal: ê Nymphal ticks ü 5.19% of larval I. pacificus did switch to a competent reservoir host ( N. fuscipes ) ü The increased larval burden on N. fuscipes was not enough to absorb 94.81% of larvae that would have fed on lizards Results indicate that an incompetent reservoir for a pathogen may, in fact, increase disease risk through the maintenance of higher vector density and therefore, higher density of infected vectors

  39. Nymph Larvae Tick L N T L= Larvae N=Nymph T=Tick fed susceptible f = hungry a = fed hungry infected i = infected s=susceptible

  40. L L= Larvae N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible N fi N fs N N N ai N as N N T T

  41. L L= Larvae N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible N fi N fs N N N ai N as N N T

  42. L L= Larvae N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible N fi N fs N N N ai N as N N T

  43. L L= Larvae N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible N fi N fs N N N ai N as N N T

  44. L L= Larvae N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible N fi N fs N N N ai N as N N T

  45. L L= Larvae N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible N fi N fs N N N ai N as N N T

  46. L L= Larvae N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible N fi N fs N N N ai N as N N T

  47. L L= Larvae µ 1 N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed γ γ L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible µ 2 µ 2 N fi N fs N N µ 3 µ 3 N ai N as N N T

  48. L L= Larvae µ 1 N=Nymph T=Tick L f f = hungry a = fed γ γ L ai L as L L i = infected s=susceptible µ 2 µ 2 N fi N fs N N µ 3 µ 3 N ai N as N N T

  49. Larvae

  50. Larvae

  51. Larvae

  52. Larvae

  53. Larvae

  54. Larvae

  55. Larvae

  56. Nymph

  57. Nymph

  58. Nymph

  59. Nymph

  60. Nymph

  61. Nymph

  62. Nymph

  63. Nymph

  64. Hosts

  65. Hosts

  66. Hosts

  67. Hosts

  68. Hosts

  69. Hosts

  70. Hosts

  71. Hosts

  72. Hosts

  73. Humans

  74. Humans

  75. Humans

  76. Ticks

  77. Ticks Saturation term

  78. Ticks Saturation term Maintenance term

  79. Ticks Saturation term Maintenance term Eggs

  80. Final Remarks • Transient state; • Lizard = barrier

  81. Final Remarks • Transient state; • Lizard = barrier

  82. THANKS!!! ¡ ¡ • Organizers • Professors • T.As

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