High prevalence of granulocytic Ehrlichiae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Bulgaria

Authors
Christova, I Schouls, L van de Pol, I Park, J Panayotov, S Lefterova, V Kantardjiev, T Dumler, JS
Citation
I. Christova et al., High prevalence of granulocytic Ehrlichiae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Bulgaria, J CLIN MICR, 39(11), 2001, pp. 4172-4174
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
4172 - 4174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200111)39:11<4172:HPOGEA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Bulgarian Ixodes ricinus ticks were examined for Ehrlichia and Borrelia coi nfection: 34 and 32% of adult ticks and at least 2 and 10% of nymphs were p ositive for these infections, respectively. Coinfections and dual or triple Borrelia infections were frequent, although Ehrlichia phagocytophila heter ogeneity was minimal. Multiple tick-borne bacteria coexist in I. ricinus ti cks in southeastern Europe.