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. 2001 Nov;39(11):4172-4.
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  1 , L Schouls, I van De Pol, J Park, S Panayotov, V Lefterova, T Kantardjiev, J S Dumler
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High prevalence of granulocytic Ehrlichiae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Bulgaria

I Christova et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Nov.

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.

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