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SUBMITTER: Skarphedinsson S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3371797 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20050701 7
We conducted a study of the distribution and prevalence of tickborne infections in Denmark by using roe deer as sentinels. Blood samples from 237 roe deer were collected during the 2002-2003 hunting season. Overall, 36.6% of deer were Borrelia seropositive, while 95.6% were Anaplasma phagocytophilum positive; all animals were negative for Bartonella quintana and B. henselae by indirect immunofluorescence assay. When a hemagglutination-inhibition test was used, 8.7% of deer were found positive fo ...[more]