%0 Journal Article %T Detection of Pathogens and Ticks on Sedentary and Migratory Birds in Two Corsican Wetlands (France, Mediterranean Area) %+ Sciences pour l'environnement (SPE) %+ Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques (BIPAR) %+ Virologie UMR1161 (VIRO) %+ Epidémiologie (EPI) %+ Laboratoire d’Éco-Entomologie %A Defaye, Baptiste %A Moutailler, Sara %A Vollot, Benjamin %A Galon, Clémence %A Gonzalez, Gaëlle %A Moraes, Rayane Amaral %A Leoncini, Antoine-Simon %A Rataud, Amalia %A Le Guillou, Gilles %A Pasqualini, Vanina %A Quilichini, Yann %Z B.D.’s, Y.Q.’s and V.P.’s research was supported by UMR 6134, University of Corsica, and the CNRS. B.D. was awarded a grant from the Corsican Regional Council. This study was supported by funding from the French Government and from the Corsican Regional Council (CPER project) and also by the GERHYCO interdisciplinary project dedicated to water management, ecology, and hydro-ecosystem services on an island. S.M.’s research was supported by the French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES). UMR BIPAR is supported by the French Government’s Investissement d’Avenir program, the Laboratoire d’Excellence “Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases” (grant No. ANR-10LABEX-62-IBEID). %< avec comité de lecture %@ 2076-2607 %J Microorganisms %I MDPI %V 11 %N 4 %P 869 %8 2023-04 %D 2023 %R 10.3390/microorganisms11040869 %M 37110292 %K arthropod-borne pathogens %K Ixodes ricinus %K louse flies %K migratory birds %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]Journal articles %X Birds are one of the most species-diverse vertebrate groups and are susceptible to numerous hematophagous ectoparasites. Migratory birds likely contribute to the circulation of these ectoparasites and their associated pathogens. One of the many migration paths crosses the Mediterranean islands including Corsica and its wetlands, which are migration stopovers. In our study, we collected blood samples and hematophagous ectoparasites in migratory and sedentary bird populations in two coastal lagoons: Biguglia and Gradugine. A total of 1377 birds were captured from which 762 blood samples, 37 louse flies, and 44 ticks were collected. All the louse flies were identified as Ornithomya biloba and all the ticks were from the Ixodes genus: Ixodes sp. (8.5%), I. accuminatus/ventalloi (2.9%), I. arboricola/lividus (14.3%), I. frontalis (5.7%) and I. ricinus (68.6%). Five pathogens were detected: Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Erhlichia chaffeensis, and Rickettsia helvetica in ticks, and Trypanosoma sp. in louse flies. Ehrlichia chaffeensis and the West Nile virus were both detected in bird blood samples in Corsica. This is the first report of these tick, louse fly and pathogen species isolated on the bird population in Corsica. Our finding highlights the importance of bird populations in the presence of arthropod-borne pathogens in Corsican wetlands. %G English %L anses-04065152 %U https://anses.hal.science/anses-04065152 %~ ANSES %~ UNIV-CORSE %~ CNRS %~ SPE %~ UNIV-CORSE-SPE %~ BIPAR %~ AGREENIUM %~ ENVA %~ INRAE %~ TEST3-HALCNRS %~ VIRO %~ SAPS