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Sledování prevalence a variability Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. spirochet a jejich identifikace u hematofágních členovců a obratlovců v ČR v roce 2000-2003
| Title in English | Monitoring of the prevalence and variability of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. spirochetes and their identification in haematophagous arthropods and vertebrates in the Czech Republic in the year of 2000-2003 |
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | The aim of this study was to gather and examine representatives of wild living rodents and blood-sucking arthropods for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. A total of 24 borrelian isolates were obtained, 21 from ticks and 3 from rodents. Using PCR and RFLP methods the isolates were identified as 3x B. afzelii, 12x, B. garinii, 1x B. burgdorferi s.s., 2x B. valaisiana, 2x mixed infection of B. garinii + B. afzelii a, 1x mixed infection of B. garinii + B.b.s.s. |
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