Publications
| serologic survey of the wild boar (sus scrofa) for borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. | sera of 642 wild boars (sus scrofa) shot by hunters in ten administrative regions of the czech republic during 1995-2000, were tested by indirect hemagglutination assay (iha) for the presence of anti-borrelia igg. antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (bb) were detected in serum samples from all 10 regions, and overall seroprevalence rate was 12.8%. titres of antibodies ranged from 1:80 to 1:640. borrelia antibodies were most frequent in the animals from three administrative regions of t ... | 2009 | 18973452 |
| [borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ixodid ticks from ostrava slag heaps]. | in 2005 and 2006, ixodes ricinus ticks were collected on two slag (waste rock) heaps from coal mines in the ostrava area (north moravia/silesia, czech republic), oskar (site a) and emma (site b), partially covered by vegetation including trees, and at a control forest site near hlucín (site c). the mean numbers of l. ricinus nymphs and imagoes flagged per person-hour were high: 35.3 nymphs and 12.7 imagoes, at site a, 23.3 and 26.0, respectively, at site b, and 25.4 and 16.8, respectively, at co ... | 2009 | 19526923 |