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SUBMITTER: Dietrich F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2832386 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dietrich Florian F Schmidgen Thomas T Maggi Ricardo G RG Richter Dania D Matuschka Franz-Rainer FR Vonthein Reinhard R Breitschwerdt Edward B EB Kempf Volkhard A J VA
Applied and environmental microbiology 20100108 5
Bartonella spp. can cause persistent bloodstream infections in humans and animals. To determine whether Bartonella henselae is present in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks, we analyzed the prevalence of B. henselae DNA among tick stages compared to the prevalence of DNA from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the pathogen most frequently transmitted by ticks. B. henselae DNA was present with a prevalence of up to approximately 40% in tick populations sampled in four European sites (Eberdingen, Germany ...[more]