Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5807023 | Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases | 2016 | 28 Pages |
Abstract
The results showed that in sylvatic habitats the level of infestation with larval I. ricinus was higher in A. flavicollis mice in comparison with M. glareolus voles. They show that R. helvetica frequently occurred in ticks feeding on rodents. Positive immature ticks were collected from non-rickettsiemic hosts what might suggest a vertical route of their infection (transovarial and/or transstadial) or a very short-lasting rickettsiemia in rodents. A natural vertebrate reservoir host for R. helvetica remains to be determined.
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Authors
Beata Biernat, Joanna StaÅczak, Jerzy Michalik, Bożena Sikora, Anna Wierzbicka,