Detection and Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ixodes ricinus Ticks Attached to Human Skin by PCR
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 36 (11) , 3355-3358
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.36.11.3355-3358.1998
Abstract
Live Ixodes ricinus ticks attached to humans residing in Germany were examined for borreliae by dark-field microscopy and PCR. Borrelia species were identified by 16S rRNA sequence analysis, which showed the presence of several species, some not yet defined, and a high prevalence of multiply infected ticks.Keywords
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