| occurrence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, borrelia garinii and borrelia afzelii in the ixodes ricinus ticks from eastern slovakia. | a total of 2816 unfed adults nymphs of ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from vegetation in kosice (eastern slovakia) from 1994 to 1997. prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi s. l. in i. ricinus ticks, detected by dark field microscopy, varied and depended upon the year and the habitat of the collected ticks. the lowest prevalence was observed in 1994 (4.8%). during 1995 it increased to 17.2% and during the next two years decreased to 15.5% and 14.2%. the rate of infection varied from 2.1 to 23.3 ... | 2000 | 10845258 |