title: Limited role of rodents as reservoirs of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ireland.
abstract: Despite the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.-infected Ixodes ricinus ticks in a west of Ireland location, very few small rodents from the same habitats were infected. Most of the infected ticks contained B. garinii or B. valaisiana, which implicates birds as the important reservoir hosts in this location.
authors.affiliation: ERM Department, University College Dublin, Ireland. jgray@macollamh.ucd.ie
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Key
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001898:Borrelia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007494:Ireland; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000635:transmission*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*