A total of 533 ticks (I. ricinus) collected from the forests of Szczecin Province, Poland, were
studied. The ticks were collected in 1996 in 2 seasons: spring-summer and summer-autumn …

The aim of the study was to assess if Szczecin voivodeship is an area of endemic
borreliosis, assess the risk due to B. burgdorferi infection in habitants and evaluate clinical …

The periurban forest of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) is a high-risk area for Lyme Borreliosis, due
to a high density of infected Ixodes ricinus ticks. In this study, we evaluated the risk of …

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 …

Serum samples from all the forestry workers of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Northern
Italy) were collected in spring and autumn and tested for IgG antibodies against Borrelia …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of B. burgdorferi and A.
phagocytophila in populations of workers from 4 Italian regions, known to be exposed to tick …

The first finding of spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in eastern Slovakia pertains to
ticks Ixodes ricinus collected in the Kosice park forest in September 1995. The authors …

The risk of Borrelia burgdorferi infection and the value of antibiotic prophylaxis after tick bite
are controversial. In this study, performed in two areas of southwestern Germany, ticks were …

A total of 2857 unfed Ixodes ricinus adult ticks were collected in 2-3 week intervals in 1991
in Bratislava to survey their prevalence with spirochaetes. Five hundred twenty eight, ie …

Lyme disease (LD) is a natural focal zoonotic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, which
is mainly transmitted through infected Ixodes ricinus tick bites. The presence and abundance …