| prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ixodes ricinus ticks (acari, ixodidae) in different polish woodlands. | in 1996-1998, a total of 2285 ixodes ricinus ticks (1063 nymphs, 637 males, 585 females) were collected from vegetation from 25 different localities in the 8 polish provinces throughout the country. ticks inhabited all 25 collection sites. the average number of ticks per collection site was 91.4 +/- 13.7. all 2285 ticks were examined for borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) presence, of which 1333 specimens from 3 provinces were tested by routine indirect immunofluorescence assay (ifa) using p ... | 1999 | 10607993 |
| [borrelia burgdorferi infection of ticks in some regions of poland]. | ixodes ricinus and dermacentor reticulatus ticks were collected by flagging from the vegetation at five different locations in poland in may 1994. i. ricinus (n191) and d. reticulatus (n48), as well as 24 argas reflexus collected from katowice, kornie, szcyglice, urwitałt and zwierzyniec, were examined for the presence of borrelia spirochetes by the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test (ifa). borrelia were found in adult i. ricinus ticks at all 5 collection sites. nine out of 39 i. ricinus m ... | 1994 | 7597184 |
| [epidemiology of borreliosis in workers of the district forestry offices in lower silesia]. | the work presents epidemiological analysis of borrelia burgdorferi (b.b.) infections and borreliosis cases in workers of the district forestry offices in lower silesia in 2003-2005. the infections rate was proved to be high and increasing in time. in 2003-2005 the presence of b.b. antibodies was noted in 672 (35%) examined people. in particular district forestry offices the rate of positive results was between 19.42-50.50%. in several district forestry offices a marked increase of b.b. infection ... | 2007 | 17956058 |
| [exposure to ticks and erythema chronicum migrans among borreliosis patients in lower silesia]. | the aim of the study was the analysis of lyme borreliosis cases notified by clinic for infections diseases in wrocław in connection with exposure to ticks in year 2002. in the analyzed group of patients tick bites were confirmed in 77.9% and the most common places of exposition were forest regions in lower silesia (masyw slezy, wzgórza twardógorskie, kotlina kłodzka, wzgórza trzebnickie, bory dolnoślaskie) and in wrocław area. em appeared in 55.8% cases. in cases of multiple ticks professionally ... | 2004 | 15517808 |
| [biology of ixodes ricinus (l.) and its pathogens in wrocław area]. | within 2001-2003, a total of 4743 ticks of ixodes ricinus were trapped from the forest area in masyw sliy (lower silesia, poland) near wrocław. common distribution of ixodid ticks in all examined habitats, located near touristic routes, are potential loci of lyme borreliosis in these recreational areas. out of 1108 tick samples examined by the observation in dfm for the presence of spirochetes, 6.7% were positive. the highest percent of infected ticks (13.1%) was found in 2003. | 2004 | 16859033 |