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Combined infection of Ixodes ricinus with three Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genotypes.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 2004
Schwarzová K, Ciznár I
Abstract excerpt
Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected by random collections from western and central Slovakia during the years 1996-98. The midgut content of 240 ticks was examined by dark-field microscopy and submitted for cultivation for the presence of borrelias. Spirochetes were found in 21 unfed and host-seeking adults and nymphs (8.8%). By the analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) one sample from unfed...
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