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Up to now most studies focusing on zoonotic rickettsiae in <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic> were based on ticks collected in a limited part of the questing period, and did not take into account the potential seasonal variations in the rate of infection with tick-borne rickettsiae. The aim of the present study was to investigate the latter phenomenon, i.e. to screen <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic> adults, collected monthly in two urban habitats of Budapest, for the presence of three zoonotic <jats:italic>Rickettsia<\/jats:italic> spp. Altogether 852 <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic> adults were collected, which showed significantly similar seasonal activity in the two evaluated habitats. Among the 413 molecularly analysed ticks, <jats:italic>R. helvetica<\/jats:italic>-infected <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic> were only collected during autumn in habitat-1, in contrast to habitat-2. The overall prevalence of <jats:italic>R. raoultii<\/jats:italic> in <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic> adults was significantly higher in habitat-1 than in habitat-2. In addition, the seasonal distribution of <jats:italic>R. raoultii<\/jats:italic>-infected ticks was different between the two habitats (in habitat-2 significantly more <jats:italic>R. raoultii<\/jats:italic>-infected ticks were collected in the autumn, in comparison with winter and spring). Rickettsia slovaca was not detected in any of the molecularly analysed ticks. The results clearly indicate that a single-time or seasonally biased collection of <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic> adults and their subsequent molecular analysis may not be informative on the real prevalence of rickettsiae. This is because the availability\/ activity of infected ticks shows significant seasonal fluctuations, both within and between habitats. Instead, for screening <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic>-borne rickettsiae, it is important to collect monthly samples and then to assess seasonal prevalence and actual habitat-associated eco-epidemiological risks.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1556\/004.2017.008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,2,28]],"date-time":"2017-02-28T12:33:11Z","timestamp":1488285191000},"page":"81-88","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1556\/policypage.crossmark.crossref.2","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Seasonally biased or single-habitat sampling is not informative on the real prevalence of Dermacentor reticulatus-borne rickettsiae \u2014 A pilot study"],"prefix":"10.1556","volume":"65","author":[{"given":"S\u00e1ndor","family":"Hornok","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Science, Istv\u00e1n u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marina L.","family":"Meli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Laboratory and Center for Clinical Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Enik\u0151","family":"G\u00f6nczi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Laboratory and Center for Clinical Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Regina","family":"Hofmann-Lehmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Laboratory and Center for Clinical Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"425","container-title":["Acta Veterinaria Hungarica"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/akjournals.com\/view\/journals\/004\/65\/1\/article-p81.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/akjournals.com\/view\/journals\/004\/65\/1\/article-p81.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/akjournals.com\/view\/journals\/004\/65\/1\/article-p81.xml","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,7]],"date-time":"2023-06-07T20:57:45Z","timestamp":1686171465000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/akjournals.com\/view\/journals\/004\/65\/1\/article-p81.xml"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,3]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1556\/004.2017.008","relation":{},"ISSN":["0236-6290","1588-2705"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0236-6290","type":"print"},{"value":"1588-2705","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,3]]}}}