Ticks in Czech Republic
By Bryan Rosner on Sep 30, 2011 in Infections
Linda’s comments: Thank you Eva for all you do to find some answers to this horrific disease…
This study illustrates that ticks in CR carry a wide variety of infectious pathogens.
A total of 549 subadult ticks of three species Ixodes
arboricola (75.0%), Ixodes ricinus (23.1%), and Haemaphysalis concinna
(1.8%) were collected from 20 species of birds (Passeriformes).
Rickettsiae were detected in 44.0% larvae and 24.5% nymphs of I.
arboricola
