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The diversity of tick-borne bacteria and parasites in ticks collected from the Strandja Nature Park in south-eastern Bulgaria.
Parasites & vectors - 20 Mar 2018
Nader Julian, Król Nina, Pfeffer Martin, Ohlendorf Valerie, Marklewitz Marco, Drosten Christian, Junglen Sandra, Obiegala Anna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ticks are important carriers of many different zoonotic pathogens. To date, there are many studies about ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBP), but only a few were carried out in Bulgaria. The present study intends to detect the prevalence of tick-borne bacteria and parasites occurring at the Black Sea in Bulgaria to evaluate the zoonotic potential of the tick-borne pathogens transmitted by ticks in...
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