Are the specialized bird ticks, I xodes arboricola and I. frontalis , competent vectors for B orrelia burgdorferi sensu lato?

Abstract excerpt

Our study tested whether two European bird-specialized ticks, Ixodes arboricola and I. frontalis, can act as vectors in the transmission cycles of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. The ticks have contrasting ecologies but share songbird hosts (such as the great tit, Parus major) with the generalist I. ricinus which may therefore act as a bridging vector. In the first phase of the experiment, we obtained Borrelia-infected...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
• Share to Vector-borne infectious diseases
• Share to Viral Infections and Vectors