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Prevalence ofBartonella henselaeandBorrelia burgdorferiSensu Lato DNA inIxodes ricinusTicks in Europe
9 Jan 2010
Abstract excerpt
Bartonella spp. can cause persistent bloodstream infections in humans and animals. To determine whether Bartonella henselae is present in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks, we analyzed the prevalence of B. henselae DNA among tick stages compared to the prevalence of DNA from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the pathogen most frequently transmitted by ticks. B. henselae DNA was present with a prevalence of up to...
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