| borrelia lusitaniae in immature ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) feeding on common wall lizards in tuscany, central italy. | lizards and small rodents were live captured in tuscany, central italy, from may through august 2005. prevalence of infestation by larval ixodes ricinus l. (acari: ixodidae) and mean numbers of larvae per host were not significantly different for common wall lizards, podarcis muralis laurenti, and apodemus spp. mice, whereas infestation levels by nymphs were significantly greater on lizards. borrelia lusitaniae, which was previously shown to be dominant in host-seeking i. ricinus in the same stu ... | 2007 | 17427701 |
| lack of usutu virus rna in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with encephalitis of unknown etiology, tuscany, italy. | usutu virus (usuv) is an african mosquito-borne flavivirus associated with human neurological disorders in europe. recently, usuv introduction in europe has been traced back to eurasian blackbirds deaths in the tuscany region of italy in 1996. ninety-six cerebrospinal fluid (csf) samples from patients with encephalitis of unknown etiology diagnosed in 2010-2013 were screened to determine whether usuv circulates in humans in tuscany. using real-time polymerase chain reaction, no positive patient ... | 2015 | 25712912 |