A total of 2816 unfed adults nymphs of Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from vegetation in
KosI" ice (Eastern Slovakia) from 1994 to 1997. Prev-alence of Borrelia burgdorferi s. 1. in I …

Lyme borreliosis is a systemic infectious disease that is caused by the tickborne bacterium
Borrelia burgdorferi; it is characterized by erythema chronicum migrans, various …

Objective: The aim of the review was to assess knowledge about tick-borne diseases in
humans, as well as etiological factors, epidemiology of these diseases in Poland and other …

The presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and its individual genospecies was
determined using a single-step polymerase chain reaction in a total of 779 Ixodes ricinus …

In order to estimate the risk of contracting Lyme disease in the forest areas of north-western
Poland, PCR-based studies were carried out on 6,817 Ixodes ricinus ticks for infection by the …

More than a decade after a study on the transmission cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
in the Siebengebirge, a nature reserve near Bonn, Germany, questing nymphal and adult …

A total of 1559 unfed Ixodes ricinus (L., 1758) ticks were collected from the vegetation by
flagging in 18 locations of Lithuania. The ticks were teste individually for the presence of …

Ixodes ricinus ticks (total n= 298: 24 nymphs, 156 females and 112 males) collected from
vegetation at 7 different sites were examined individually for the presence of Borrelia …

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sl in
ticks Ixodes ricinus and mosquitoes Aëdes spp. within the Bukowa Forest, collected between …

A total of 12287 ticks were collected from 10 localities of the capital of Prague between 1994
and 1997 (2978 ticks in 1994, 5612 ticks in 1995-1996, 3686 ticks in 1997). The presence of …