| absence of borrelia spp., candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis, and anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing adult dermacentor reticulatus ticks. | to determine whether dermacentor reticulatus ticks are infected by borrelia spp., candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis, or anaplasma phagocytophilum, we collected questing adults in the outskirts of berlin, germany, examined them for the presence of dna of these pathogens, and compared the infection rates to those of sympatric ixodes ricinus ticks. questing d. reticulatus adults appeared not to harbor the bacterial pathogens that are prevalent in i. ricinus ticks. based on our sample size, the est ... | 2013 | 22955502 |