Publications
| presence of borrelia in different populations of ixodes pararicinus from northwestern argentina. | this work was performed to evaluate the presence of borrelia in different populations of ixodes pararicinus from northwestern argentina (jujuy, salta and tucumán provinces). questing adults and nymphs of i. pararicinus were collected from vegetation, and i. pararicinus nymphs were also collected on birds. eighty-two ticks were tested for borrelia presence by pcr targeting the gene flagellin and the rrfa-rrlb intergenic spacer region. pools of ticks positive to borrelia were formed by two nymphs ... | 2017 | 28262480 |
| borrelia infection in ixodes pararicinus ticks (acari: ixodidae) from northwestern argentina. | the aim of this work was to describe for the first time the presence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infecting ticks in argentina. unfed specimens of ixodes pararicinus collected from vegetation in jujuy province were tested for borrelia infection by pcr targeting the gene flagellin (fla), the rrfa-rrlb intergenic spacer region (igs) and the 16s rdna (rrs) gene. one male and one female of i. pararicinus collected in jujuy were found to be positive to borrelia infection with the three molecula ... | 2014 | 24979685 |