title: [Ixodes ricinus proven as a vector of Lyme borreliosis in Yugoslavia].
abstract: 263 fasting female Ixodes ricinus were examined for Borrelia burgorferi, the vector of Lyme borreliosis. Female ticks were collected by flagella in the biotopes (Belgrade and Osijek) in which ticks bite patients with Lyme borreliosis. Borrelia burgorferi was proved in 58 (22%) of 263 female ticks in the native preparations of the intestinal contents by darkfield microscopy. In macerates of two groups of 5 female ticks each, Borrelia burgorferi was isolated by cultivation in the modified Kelly nutrient media for borrelia. The supposition that Ixodes ricinus is the vector of Lyme borreliosis in Yugoslavia is confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Vojnomedicinska akademija, Gradski zavod za zastitu zdravlja.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drndarević
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lako
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stajković
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Obradović
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zivanović
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cekanac
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Derković
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nanusević
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dmitrović
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000635:transmission*; D013987:Ticks
vernacular_title: Ixodes ricinus dokazan vektor lajm borelioze i u Jugoslaviji.