title: Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks of the Canton Tessin (Switzerland).
abstract: In the northern Alps it is hard to find an Ixodes ricinus population which does not harbour Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection rates range from 5 to 34% for adults and nymphs to 3.1% for larvae. This study shows that the infection rates on the southern side of the Alps are similar, at 25% for adults, 36.2% for nymphs and 3.2% for larvae. With respect to tick species other than I. ricinus, we did not succeed in finding any spirochetes in Dermacentor marginatus, Haemaphysalis punctata, Ixodes hexagonus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus.
authors: Institute of Zoology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Miserez
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Gern
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Aeschlimann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D013557:Switzerland; D013987:Ticks / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000382:microbiology*