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 2
Specific infectivity (Is) and host-to-tick transmission coefficient (βH-T)
| Genospecies | Males | Females | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is | βH–T | Is | βH–T | Is | βH–T | |
| Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. | 0.0477 | 0.605 | 0.0221 | 0.571 | 0.0697 | 0.5753 |
| B. lusitaniae | 0.0377 | 0.518 | 0.0221 | 0.571 | 0.0597 | 0.5263 |
| B. garinii | 0.0012 | 0.01 | – | – | 0.0012 | 0.01 |
| B. afzelii | 0.0012 | 0.01 | – | – | 0.0012 | 0.01 |
| B. burgdorferi s.s. | 0.0012 | 0.01 | – | – | 0.0012 | 0.01 |
