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SUBMITTER: Dubska L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3028744 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dubska Lenka L Literak Ivan I Kocianova Elena E Taragelova Veronika V Sverakova Veronika V Sychra Oldrich O Hromadko Miloslav M
Applied and environmental microbiology 20101210 3
Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from 835 birds and from vegetation in the Czech Republic were analyzed. Host-seeking ticks (n = 427) were infected predominantly by Borrelia afzelii (25%). Ticks (n = 1,012) from songbirds (Passeriformes) were infected commonly by Borrelia garinii (12.1%) and Borrelia valaisiana (13.4%). Juveniles of synanthropic birds, Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) and song thrushes (Turdus philomelos), were major reservoir hosts of B. garinii. ...[more]