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Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Feb 2007
Pecchioli Elena, Hauffe Heidi C, Tagliapietra Valentina, Bandi Claudio, Genchi Claudio, Rizzoli Annapaola
Abstract excerpt
Sequences of the variable intergenic spacer region 5S (rrfA) 23S (rrlB) rRNA were used to identify Borrelia genospecies present in Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected from the Lamar Lakes area of the Province of Trento, Italy (overall prevalence=6.3%). Four genospecies were identified, one for the first time in this Province (B. valaisiana), and three which have been noted previously (B. afzelii, B. garinii, and B....
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