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SUBMITTER: Leutenegger CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC85578 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leutenegger C M CM Pusterla N N Mislin C N CN Weber R R Lutz H H
Journal of clinical microbiology 19991001 10
Adult Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected in Switzerland and tested for the presence of coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) agent by real-time PCR. Of 100 ticks, 49% were positive for B. burgdorferi and 2% were positive for the HGE agent. The two HGE agent-positive ticks were also found to be positive for B. burgdorferi. ...[more]