Background Knowledge on the capacity of Australian ticks to carry Borrelia species is
currently limited or missing. To evaluate the potential of ticks to carry bacterial pathogens …

Background To date, little has been documented about microorganisms harboured within
Australian native ticks or their pathogenic potential. Recently, a Borrelia sp. related to the …

The members of the genus Borrelia are transmitted by arthropods and known to be
infectious to vertebrates. Here we found isolates and DNAs belonging to the Borrelia turcica …

The spirochetal bacterium Borrelia miyamotoi is a human pathogen and has been identified
in many countries throughout the world. This study reports for the first time the presence of …

The bat tick Carios vespertilionis has been reported from Sweden to occasionally feed on
humans resulting in disease symptoms. The aim of this study was to investigate C …

Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is caused by Borrelia species transmitted to humans by
infected Ornithodoros sp. ticks. The disease has been rarely described in North Africa, and …

Unfed nymphal and adult Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from five locations within the
10,000-ha Killarney National Park, Ireland. The distribution and prevalence of the …

A total of 127 Amblyomma ticks (A. helvolum, A. varanense and A. geoemydae) were
collected from reptiles: water monitors (Varanus salvator), Bengal monitors (Varanus …

Abstract Background In West Africa, tick-borne relapsing fever is a neglected arthropod-
borne infection caused by Borrelia crocidurae transmitted by the argasid tick Ornithodoros …

Background Species of the genus Borrelia are causative agents of Lyme disease and
relapsing fever. Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the …