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Geographical distribution and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies in questing Ixodes ricinus from Romania: a countrywide study.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Sept 2013
Kalmár Zsuzsa, Mihalca Andrei D, Dumitrache Mirabela O, Gherman Călin M, Magdaş Cristian, Mircean Viorica, Oltean Miruna, Domşa Cristian, Matei Ioana A, Mărcuţan Daniel I, Sándor Attila D, D'Amico Gianluca, Paştiu Anamaria, Györke Adriana, Gavrea Raluca, Marosi Béla, Ionică Angela, Burkhardt Etelka, Toriay Hortenzia, Cozma Vasile
Abstract excerpt
The paper reports the prevalence and geographical distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) and its genospecies in 12,221 questing Ixodes ricinus ticks collected at 183 locations from all the 41 counties of Romania. The unfed ticks were examined for the presence of B. burgdorferi s.l. by PCR targeting the intergenic spacer 5S-23S. Reverse line blot hybridization (RLB) and restriction fragment length...
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