TY - JOUR AU - Kočíková, Božena AU - Majláth, Igor AU - Víchová, Bronislava AU - Maliničová, Lenka AU - Pristaš, Peter AU - Connors, Vincent AU - Majláthová, Viktória T1 - Candidatus Cryptoplasma Associated with Green Lizards and Ixodes ricinus Ticks, Slovakia, 2004–2011 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 12 SP - 2348 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2004–2011, we collected green lizards and Ixodes ricinus ticks in Slovak Karst National Park in Slovakia; 90% (36/40) of lizards and 37% of ticks removed from lizards were infected with family Anaplasmataceae bacteria. Only Candidatus Cryptoplasma sp. REP (reptile) was identified in these samples. Green lizards transmit this bacterium. KW - Anaplasmataceae KW - reptile-associated Candidatus Cryptoplasma KW - Lacerta viridis KW - green lizard KW - Ixodes ricinus KW - Slovakia KW - Karst KW - tick-borne infections KW - zoonoses KW - green lizards KW - ticks KW - Slovak Karst National Park KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2412.161958 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/12/16-1958_article ER - End of Reference