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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the female cement plug of Ixodes persulcatus ticks (Acari, Ixodidae)

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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was detected in one out of five cement plugs of female Ixodes persulcatus ticks. The spirochetes were found by dark field microscopy as early as 18 h after attachment of the ticks to the skin of a white mouse. The relevance of this finding is discussed in relation to the epidemiology of Lyme Borreliosis.

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  1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, 199034, St Petersburg, Russia

    Andrey N. Alekseev

  2. Martzinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Malaja Pirogovskaya, 20, 119435, Moscow, Russia

    Elena A. Arumova & Inga S. Vasilieva

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Alekseev, A.N., Arumova, E.A. & Vasilieva, I.S. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the female cement plug of Ixodes persulcatus ticks (Acari, Ixodidae). Exp Appl Acarol 19, 519–522 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00052920

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