High prevalence of granulocytic Ehrlichiae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Bulgaria

I. Christova; L. Schouls; I. Van de Pol; J. Park; S. Panayotov; V. Lefterova; T. Kantardjiev; J. S. Dumler

doi:10.1128/JCM.39.11.4172-4174.2001

High prevalence of granulocytic Ehrlichiae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Bulgaria

I. Christova, L. Schouls, I. Van de Pol, J. Park, S. Panayotov, V. Lefterova, T. Kantardjiev, J. S. Dumler

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Abstract

Bulgarian Ixodes ricinus ticks were examined for Ehrlichia and Borrelia coinfection: 34 and 32% of adult ticks and at least 2 and 10% of nymphs were positive for these infections, respectively. Coinfections and dual or triple Borrelia infections were frequent, although Ehrlichia phagocytophila heterogeneity was minimal. Multiple tick-borne bacteria coexist in I. ricinus ticks in southeastern Europe.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4172-4174
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	39
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.11.4172-4174.2001
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

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High prevalence of granulocytic Ehrlichiae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Bulgaria

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