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

I. Christova; L. Schouls; I. Van de Pol; J. Park; S. Panayotov; V. Lefterova; T. Kantardjiev; J. S. Dumler

doi:10.1128/JCM.39.11.4172-4174.2001

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

I. Christova
, L. Schouls
, I. Van de Pol
, J. Park
, S. Panayotov
, V. Lefterova
, T. Kantardjiev
, J. S. Dumler^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Johns Hopkins University

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Abstract

Bulgarian Ixodes ricinus ticks were examined for Ehrlichia and Borrelia coinfection: 34 and 32% of adult ticks and at least 2 and 10% of nymphs were positive for these infections, respectively. Coinfections and dual or triple Borrelia infections were frequent, although Ehrlichia phagocytophila heterogeneity was minimal. Multiple tick-borne bacteria coexist in I. ricinus ticks in southeastern Europe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4172-4174
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	39
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.11.4172-4174.2001
State	Published - 2001

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

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