The Importance of <i>Ixodes arboricola</i> in Transmission of <i>Rickettsia</i> spp., <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> , and <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> Sensu Lato in the Czech Republic, Central Europe

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Wild birds are known to be a reservoir of infectious disease agents and disseminatory hosts of ticks. The purpose of this work was to obtain information about the occurrence of rickettsial, anaplasmal, and borrelial infections in some ticks that parasitize wild birds in the Czech Republic. A total of 549 subadult ticks of three species Ixodes arboricola (75.0%), Ixodes ricinus (23.1%), and Haemaphysalis concinna...

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