The pathogens that cause Lyme disease (LD), human anaplasmosis, and babesiosis can
coexist in Ixodes ticks and cause human coinfections. Although the risk of human coinfection …

The role of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the transmission of pathogens of public health importance
such as Borrelia burgdorferi sl is widely recognized and is suspected in several emerging …

The purpose of this study was evaluation of the prevalence of co-infection with Borrelia
species, A. phagocytophilum and Babesia spp. in patients with tick-borne encephalitis …

In Lyme disease concurrent infections frequently occur. The clinical and pathological impact
of co-infections was first recognized in the 1990th, ie approximately ten years after the …

Sera of 39 farmers, 119 foresters and 32 blood donors were investigated for the presence of
antibodies against B. burgdorferi, A. phagocytophilum, B. microti and Bartonella spp. Semi …

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical course and effectiveness of
diagnostics tools for Babesia spp. infection in patients bitten by ticks. Materials and methods …

Ixodes ricinus nymphs and adults removed from humans, and larvae and nymphs from birds,
have been analysed for infection with Babesia species and Borrelia species previously in …

Infections of Babesia microti (Apicomplexa, Piroplasmida), a common erythroparasitic
protozoon of Holarctic rodents, are not widely acknowledged in Poland. The presence of this …

Ticks are very important vectors of pathogenic microorganisms (viruses, bacteria,
protozoans), which may induce serious contagious diseases in humans and in farm animals …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum, which causes granulocytic anaplasmosis, and Borrelia
burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme borreliosis, are transmitted in multiple Holarctic regions by the …