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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the female cement plug of Ixodes persulcatus ticks (Acari,Ixodidae) |
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| Authors: | Andrey N. Alekseev Elena A. Arumova Inga S. Vasilieva |
| Affiliation: | (1) Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia;(2) Martzinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Malaja Pirogovskaya, 20, 119435 Moscow, Russia |
| Abstract: | Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was detected in one out of five cement plugs of female Ixodes persulcatus ticks. The spirochetes were found by dark field microscopy as early as 18 h after attachment of the ticks to the skin of a white mouse. The relevance of this finding is discussed in relation to the epidemiology of Lyme Borreliosis. |
| Keywords: | Borrelia burgdorferi Ixodes persulcatus ticks cement plug Lyme Borreliosis |
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