| prevalence of lyme borrelia in ticks in bratislava, slovak republic. | a total of 2857 unfed ixodes ricinus adult ticks were collected in 2-3 week intervals in 1991 in bratislava to survey their prevalence with spirochaetes. five hundred twenty eight, i.e. 17.8% harboured borreliae as detected by dark field microscopy. the infection rates of examined ticks varied from 15.3 to 21.8% in females and from 14.5 to 16.9% in males. the infestation of ticks was related to the season of their collection, the highest being in summer months. at this time the highest number of ... | 1995 | 8535370 |
| prevalence of ticks infected with francisella tularensis in natural foci of tularemia in western slovakia. | the prevalence of ticks infected with f. tularensis was followed during a systematic surveillance in endemic area of tularemia in western slovakia over the years 1984-93. ticks were collected from vegetation in localities of podunajské biskupice, in the vicinity of the capital of slovakia, bratislava, near the river danube. in total 6033 ticks, mostly adults of dermacentor reticulatus and ixodes ricinus (4994 and 1004, respectively) and 35 nymphs of haemaphysalis concinna, were examined for the ... | 1995 | 8549717 |
| association of borrelia garinii and b. valaisiana with songbirds in slovakia. | in europe, 6 of the 11 genospecies of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato are prevalent in questing ixodes ricinus ticks. in most parts of central europe, b. afzelii, b. garinii, and b. valaisiana are the most frequent species, whereas b. burgdorferi sensu stricto, b. bissettii, and b. lusitaniae are rare. previously, it has been shown that b. afzelii is associated with european rodents. therefore, the aim of this study was to identify reservoir hosts of b. garinii and b. valaisiana in slovakia. son ... | 2003 | 12732554 |