Since the discovery of the Lyme disease spirochete in North America in 1982 and in Europe
in 1983, a plethora of studies on this unique group of spirochetes that comprise Borrelia …

The Lyme borreliosis complex is a heterogeneous group of tick-borne spirochaetes of the
genus Borrelia (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) that are distributed all over the temperate …

All of the parasitic stages of Ixodes inopinatus n. sp. are described from specimens collected
by flagging and on lizards and foxes. The new species replaces I. ricinus in dry areas of the …

The prevalence of ticks infected by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato on birds during their
migrations was studied in Switzerland. A total of 1,270 birds captured at two sites were …

In this study, we measured the phenology of Ixodes ricinus ticks and their infection with
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) simultaneously along an altitudinal gradient to assess the …

To determine whether the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia lusitaniae is associated with
lizards, we compared the prevalence and genospecies of spirochetes present in rodent-and …

This review presents updated knowledge on the main tick-borne bacteria infecting one-
humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) around the world. Camels are increasingly the …

ABSTRACT A broad-range 16S rRNA gene PCR assay followed by partial sequencing of
the 16S rRNA gene was used for the detection of members of the family Anaplasmataceae …

North Africa is home to more than 200 million people living across five developing
economies (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco) and two Spanish exclaves (Ceuta …

Lyme borreliosis, the most important vector-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere,
causes health problem for populations in endemic areas. In the present study, the density of …