We examined by dark field microscopy 195 of 209 Ixodes ricinus ticks that were removed
from humans in the Czech Republic (mainly in southern Moravia) during 1997-2001. The …

Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdoferi sensu lato (B. b. sl), is the most common vector-
borne disease in humans in Central Europe and is common in most parts of Thuringia, too …

Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks were collected by flagging from the
vegetation at five different locations in Poland in May 1994. I. ricinus (n191) and D …

In 2008-2011 ticks were collected from southern Poland. Out of 6336 individuals collected
and identified as Ixodes ricinus, 768 (2 larvae, 84 nymphs, 417 females, 265 males) were …

In May 1996, 164 pooled and single samples containing 913 larvae, nymphs and adults of
Ixodes ricinus from urban, suburban and wooded biotopes of southern Poland were …

Abstract Ixodes ricinus (n= 496) were collected from vegetation in a mixed forest park in the
Brno district of the Czech Republic at regular 2-week intervals from September 1996 to …

A total of 2816 unfed adults nymphs of Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from vegetation in
Košice (Eastern Slovakia) from 1994 to 1997. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s. 1. in I …

A total of 298 Ixodes ricinus (L.) ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) feeding on humans in the Czech
Republic were tested for borreliae (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) by darkfield microscopy …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is reported from almost every country in Europe with several thousand
cases estimated to occur each year (1). The disease is also a health problem in the Baltic …

The aim of this preliminary study was to estimate the risk of infection of Ixodes ricinus ticks by
the agent of Lyme disease--Borrelia burgdorferi sl (Acari: Ixodidae). Ticks were collected …