To evaluate the prevalence rate of tick-borne bacterial pathogens, unfed adult Ixodes ricinus
ticks were collected from vegetation in 2001, 2003, and 2004 at 18 localities throughout …

Past studies in Serbia have reported concurrent infections of Ixodes ricinus ticks with
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Francisella …

In this study 1,868 questing Ixodes ricinus ticks (nymphs and adults), collected in six sites
from three counties—Giurgiu, Sibiu, and Tulcea—in Romania, were examined by …

Abstract Background Questing Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected in two urban parks
(Železná studienka and Horský park) of the capital city of Slovakia, Bratislava, during two …

The aim of the present study is to compare the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
(sl) and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing ticks by using molecular methods from …

Prevalence data for tick-borne pathogens are used to assess the risk for human health. In
this study the presence and identity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma …

The list of tick-borne pathogens is long, varied and includes viruses, bacteria, protozoa and
nematodes. As all of these agents can exist in ticks, their co-infections have been previously …

Worldwide, ticks are important vectors of human and animal pathogens. Besides Lyme
Borreliosis, a variety of other bacterial and protozoal tick-borne infections are of medical …

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 …

We examined 198 questing Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Chisinau City, Republic of
Moldova by PCR assays for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato …