Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Research
Borrelia lusitaniae and Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis), Karst Region, Slovakia
Viktória Majláthová*
, Igor Majláth†, Marketa Derdáková*‡, Bronislava Víchová*, and Branislav Peťko*
, Igor Majláth†, Marketa Derdáková*‡, Bronislava Víchová*, and Branislav Peťko*Table 1
Variability of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks collected on lizards
| Stage | No. ticks examined | No positive ticks (%) | No. ticks positive for genospecies (% positive ticks) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. lusitaniae | B. afzelii | B. garinii | B. burgdorferi s.s. | B. valaisiana | B. lusitaniae + B. burgdorferi s.s. | |||
| Larvae | 197 | 30 (15.2) | 26 (86.7) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (3.3) | 0 |
| Nymphs | 267 | 47 (17.6) | 34 (74.5) | 5 (10.6) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (4.3) | 0 | 5 (10.6) |
| Total | 464 | 77 (16.6) | 60 (77.9) | 6 (7.8) | 2 (2.6) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | 5 (6.5) |
