Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks of the Canton Tessin (Switzerland) |
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Authors: | V Miserez L Gern A Aeschlimann |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Zoology, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. |
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Abstract: | In the northern Alps it is hard to find an Ixodes ricinus population which does not harbour Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection rates range from 5 to 34% for adults and nymphs to 3.1% for larvae. This study shows that the infection rates on the southern side of the Alps are similar, at 25% for adults, 36.2% for nymphs and 3.2% for larvae. With respect to tick species other than I. ricinus, we did not succeed in finding any spirochetes in Dermacentor marginatus, Haemaphysalis punctata, Ixodes hexagonus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. |
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