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Detection, identification and genotyping of Borrellia spp. in rodents in Slovenia by PCR and culture.
BMC veterinary research - 8 Aug 2015
Cerar Tjaša, Korva Miša, Avšič-Županc Tatjana, Ružić-Sabljić Eva
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the agent of Lyme borreliosis, is mainly maintained in natural foci through the transmission cycles of competent tick vectors (Ixodes sp.) and a vertebrate reservoir. Specific rodents have been identified as the principal reservoir of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Europe. Borrelia miyamotoi is the only relapsing fever spirochete transmitted by the same tick. The...
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