Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa
Journal of Medical Entomology
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Abstract
Free-living adult Ixodes ricinus L. were collected in Amdoun, situated in the Kroumiry mountains in northwestern Tunisia (North Africa). Using direct fluorescence antibody assay, the infection rate of field-collected I. ricinus by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was 30.5% (n = 72). No difference in infection rate was observed between male and female ticks. Spirochetes that had been isolated from I. ricinus from Ain Drahim (Kroumiry Mountains) in 1988 were identified as Borrelia lusitaniae (formerly genospecies PotiB2). This is the first identification of a genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from the continent of Africa.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa |
| Series title | Journal of Medical Entomology |
| DOI | 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.216 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 216 |
| Last page | 218 |
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