| prevalence of tick-borne zoonotic bacteria in questing adult ticks from northern spain. | a total of 691 questing adult ixodid ticks of the genera ixodes, haemaphysalis, dermacentor, and rhipicephalus were tested by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and reverse line blot (rlb) for the presence of anaplasma phagocytophilum, coxiella burnetii, borrelia spp., and spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae. ticks were collected by blanket dragging during 2 sampling years (2003-2005) in 10 recreational areas in the basque country (northern spain). adult ticks were collected every month of the ye ... | 2008 | 18759563 |
| distribution of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) ticks from the basque country, spain. | borrelia burgdorferi was found widespread in ixodid ticks from the basque country (spain) during a two-step study. in the first part, a total of 7,835 ixodids of eight different species was collected from vegetation, classified, and processed using polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for detection of b. burgdorferi ospa dna. b. burgdorferi dna wasdetectedin < or = 12.5% of adults and > or = 0.6% of ixodes ricinus (l., 1758) nymphs (mean 1.5 and 0.05%, respectively), and in < or = 14.3% of adult hema ... | 2002 | 11931254 |
| prevalence and seasonal activity of ixodes ricinus (acari:ixodidae) on domestic ruminants of the basque country, spain. | ixodes ricinus on domestic ruminants was sampled through a natural year at several points in the basque country, north spain. the sampling points were comprised of the different natural regions, according to climate and vegetation, into which the region is commonly divided. both the immature and adult stages were collected on cattle and sheep at five of the eight collecting points, namely in areas with a medium elevation, mild summers and a medium to high annual rainfall. the adults of this tick ... | 1997 | 9057304 |