The Lyme borreliosis complex is a heterogeneous group of tick-borne spirochaetes of the
genus Borrelia (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) that are distributed all over the temperate …

Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-
body tick species. We report 46 cases of B. miyamotoi infection in humans and compare the …

ABSTRACT In Europe, Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies causing Lyme borreliosis are
mainly transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus. Since its discovery, B. burgdorferi has been the …

To evaluate multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) for taxonomic purposes in the delineation
of species within Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, seven relevant loci of various strains for …

To determine whether the pathogenic variant of Lyme disease spirochetes, isolate A14S, is
perpetuated in a particular reservoir-vector relationship, we screened vector ticks in various …

Background Free-living ungulates are hosts of ixodid ticks and reservoirs of tick-borne
microorganisms in central Europe and many regions around the world. Tissue samples and …

Background Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) is a complex containing pathogenic bacteria of
which some species, such as Borrelia lusitaniae, use birds, small mammals and reptiles as …

A significant number of diseases are carried by insects, ticks, mites and rodents, and these
diseases are far more common than is often realised. New diseases are regularly …

Background Raising abundance of ticks and tick-borne diseases in Europe is the result of
multiple factors including climate changes and human activities. Herein, we investigated the …

Rodents are important reservoir hosts of tick-borne pathogens. Anaplasma phagocytophilum
is the causative agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis of both medical and veterinary …