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The aim of the present study was to investigate the diversity and abundance of tick species, as well as the risks of acquiring tick-borne infections in habitats adjacent to a freeway. Therefore, ixodid ticks were collected from the vegetation at two-week intervals (in the main tick season, from March to June) in eight habitats of different types (forest, grove, grassland) along both sides of a freeway. <jats:italic>Ixodes ricinus<\/jats:italic> females were molecularly screened for three species of tick-borne bacteria. In the study period, 887 ixodid ticks were collected. These included 704 <jats:italic>I. ricinus<\/jats:italic> (79.4%), 51 <jats:italic>Dermacentor reticulatus<\/jats:italic> (5.7%), 78 <jats:italic>D. marginatus<\/jats:italic> (8.8%), 35 <jats:italic>Haemaphysalis inermis<\/jats:italic> (3.9%) and 19 <jats:italic>H. concinna<\/jats:italic> (2.1%). There was no significant difference in the abundance of tick species between similar habitats separated by the freeway, except for the absence of <jats:italic>Dermacentor<\/jats:italic> spp. on one side. In <jats:italic>I. ricinus<\/jats:italic> females, the overall prevalence of <jats:italic>Anaplasma phagocytophilum<\/jats:italic> was low, and (in part due to this low rate) did not show significant difference between the two sides of the freeway. <jats:italic>Rickettsia helvetica<\/jats:italic> had significantly different overall prevalence between two distant habitats along the same side of the freeway (12.3% vs. 31.4%), but not between habitats on the opposite sides. <jats:italic>Borrelia burgdorferi<\/jats:italic> s.l. showed significantly different overall prevalence between habitats both on the same and on the opposite sides of the freeway (8.6\u201335.9%), and the difference was higher if relevant habitats were also separated by the freeway. Importantly, the prevalence rate of the Lyme disease agent was highest in a forested resting area of the freeway, and was significantly inversely proportional to the prevalence of <jats:italic>A. phagocytophilum<\/jats:italic> (taking into account all evaluated habitats), apparently related to deer population density. Prevalence rates of these bacteria also differed significantly on single sampling occasions between: (1) closely situated habitats of different types; (2) distant and either similar or different habitat types; and (3) habitats on the opposite sides of the freeway. In conclusion, the findings of the present study show that a fenced freeway may contribute to differences in tick species diversity and tick-borne pathogen prevalence along its two sides, and this effect is most likely a consequence of its barrier role preventing deer movements.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1556\/004.2017.024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,13]],"date-time":"2017-06-13T08:49:58Z","timestamp":1497343798000},"page":"242-252","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1556\/policypage.crossmark.crossref.2","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Impact of a freeway on the dispersal of ticks and Ixodes ricinus-borne pathogens: forested resting areas may become Lyme disease hotspots"],"prefix":"10.1556","volume":"65","author":[{"given":"S\u00e1ndor","family":"Hornok","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Istv\u00e1n u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Mulvihill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Istv\u00e1n u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Krisztina","family":"Sz\u0151ke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Istv\u00e1n u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary"}],"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":"Kinga M.","family":"Sulyok","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mikl\u00f3s","family":"Gyuranecz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary"}],"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\/2\/article-p242.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/akjournals.com\/view\/journals\/004\/65\/2\/article-p242.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/akjournals.com\/view\/journals\/004\/65\/2\/article-p242.xml","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,7]],"date-time":"2023-06-07T20:58:40Z","timestamp":1686171520000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/akjournals.com\/view\/journals\/004\/65\/2\/article-p242.xml"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,6]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1556\/004.2017.024","relation":{},"ISSN":["0236-6290","1588-2705"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0236-6290","type":"print"},{"value":"1588-2705","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,6]]}}}