The objective of the present study was to assess the risk of borreliosis and anaplasmosis
(ehrlichiosis) among the forestry workers of the Roztocze National Park (south-eastern …

Abstract Knowledge about the seasonal activity of various stages of the Ixodes ricinus tick is
of great importance while developing models of the circulation of pathogens transmitted by …

Among the zoonotic agents causing occupational diseases, those transmitted by ticks are
very important, in particular the spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi which are the common …

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 …

The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence rate of 3 Borrelia burgdorferi
genospecies in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from wooded areas of the Lublin region …

In 1996-1998, a total of 2285 Ixodes ricinus ticks (1063 nymphs, 637 males, 585 females)
were collected from vegetation from 25 different localities in the 8 Polish provinces …

Ticks are recently regarded as ones of the most important vectors of emerging diseases.
One of these diseases is human granulocytic ehrlichiosis caused by obligatory intracellular …

In the suburban and urban forests in the cities of Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia (northern
Poland), Ixodes ricinus ticks should be considered as the vector of pathogenic …

In Poland, tick-borne diseases constitute the majority of diseases related to exposure to
biological agents with a predominance of Lyme borreliosis; therefore, research on ticks as a …

Forestry workers are a professional group particularly exposed to tick-borne infections;
however, continuous monitoring of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in this group enables …