Publications

prevalence of babesia canis, borrelia afzelii, and anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in hard ticks removed from dogs in warsaw (central poland).	the purposes of this study were to specify the occurrence and prevalence of babesia canis, borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, and anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks removed from dogs in warsaw, and to determine the borrelia species occurring in ixodes ricinus ticks. among 590 collected ticks, 209 were identified as i. ricinus, and 381 as dermacentor reticulatus. dna of b. canis was detected in 11% of d. reticulatus ticks. we found that 6.2% of i. ricinus ticks harbored b. burgdorferi s.l. specific ...	2008	18328630
occurrence of hard ticks in dogs from warsaw area.	ticks are known as a vector of many viral, bacterial, rickettsial and protozoan infections of dogs. the threat with particular tick-transmitted disease depends very much on the tick species which feeds on the dog. in this paper we present results of research designed to identify tick species which attack dogs in the warsaw area. ticks were collected from dogs presented for medical examination in veterinary clinics in different parts of warsaw. all of 590 tick specimens found on dogs belonged to ...	2006	17196014