Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa

Journal of Medical Entomology
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Abstract

Free-living adult Ixodes ricinus L. were collected in Amdoun, situated in the Kroumiry mountains in northwestern Tunisia (North Africa). Using direct fluorescence antibody assay, the infection rate of field-collected I. ricinus by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was 30.5% (n = 72). No difference in infection rate was observed between male and female ticks. Spirochetes that had been isolated from I. ricinus from Ain Drahim (Kroumiry Mountains) in 1988 were identified as Borrelia lusitaniae (formerly genospecies PotiB2). This is the first identification of a genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from the continent of Africa.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa
Series title Journal of Medical Entomology
DOI 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.216
Volume 36
Issue 2
Year Published 1999
Language English
Publisher Oxford University Press
Contributing office(s) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Description 3 p.
First page 216
Last page 218
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