Background To date, little has been documented about microorganisms harboured within
Australian native ticks or their pathogenic potential. Recently, a Borrelia sp. related to the …

Recently, a novel species of the genus Borrelia was identified in Bothriocroton concolor and
Ixodes holocyclus ticks from echidnas. Analyses of 16S rRNA and flaB genes identified three …

Background Knowledge on the capacity of Australian ticks to carry Borrelia species is
currently limited or missing. To evaluate the potential of ticks to carry bacterial pathogens …

The spirochetal bacterium Borrelia miyamotoi is a human pathogen and has been identified
in many countries throughout the world. This study reports for the first time the presence of …

The members of the genus Borrelia are transmitted by arthropods and known to be
infectious to vertebrates. Here we found isolates and DNAs belonging to the Borrelia turcica …

The Borrelia genus consists of spirochete bacteria known to cause Lyme disease (LD) and
relapsing fever in humans. Borrelia pathogens are commonly transmitted via arthropod …

A total of 127 Amblyomma ticks (A. helvolum, A. varanense and A. geoemydae) were
collected from reptiles: water monitors (Varanus salvator), Bengal monitors (Varanus …

TXW-1, a Borrelia strain isolated in March 1998 from an adult male Dermacentor variabilis
tick feeding on a coyote from Webb county, Texas, USA, was characterized by using …

Abstract The African penguin, Spheniscus demersus, the only penguin species that breeds
in Africa, is endangered, and several diseases including avian malaria, babesiosis, and …

Background Species of the genus Borrelia are causative agents of Lyme disease and
relapsing fever. Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the …