Blackbirds and Song Thrushes Constitute a Key Reservoir of Borrelia garinii, the Causative Agent of Borreliosis in Central Europe

Blackbirds (Turdus merula) and song thrushes (Turdus philomelos) were found to carry 95% of all spirochete-infected tick larvae among 40 bird species captured in Central Europe. More than 90% of the infections were typed as Borrelia garinii and Borrelia valaisiana. We conclude that thrushes are key...

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Main Authors: Taragel'ová, Veronika, Koči, Juraj, Hanincová, Klára, Kurtenbach, Klaus, Derdáková, Markéta, Ogden, Nick H., Literák, Ivan, Kocianová, Elena, Labuda, Milan
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2008
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Microbial Ecology
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2258561/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18156328
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01060-07
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