title: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in female cement plug of Ixodes persulcatus ticks (Acari, Ixodidae).
abstract: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was detected in one out of five cement plugs of female Ixodes persulcatus ticks. The spirochetes were found by dark field microscopy as early as 18 h after attachment of the ticks to the skin of a white mouse. The relevance of this finding is discussed in relation to the epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, St Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Alekseev
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Arumova
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Vasilieva
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D051379:Mice