Rate of infection of Ixodes ricinus ticks with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii, Borrelia afzelii and group VS116 in an endemic focus of Lyme disease in Italy.

摘要: A study to evaluate the natural rate of infection ofIxodes ricinus withBorrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was carried out in an endemic focus Lyme disease Trieste area northern Italy. Two-hundred and twenty-seven ticks collected ten different stations were tested individually for presence spirochetes using polymerase chain reaction techniques able identify bothBorrelia four genospecies (Borrelia stricto,Borrelia garinii, Borrelia afzelii group VS116). Multiple individual found. The ranged from 0–70%. Infection VS116 found first time Italy both a high low disease.