Relationship between Ixodes ricinus density and prevalence of infection with Borrelia-like spirochetes and density of infected ticks

• During 1994-1995 we examined the density of questing Ixodes ricinus (L.) nymphs and their prevalence of infection with Borrelia-like spirochetes at 43 localities in south-central Sweden with median nymphal densities ranging from 0.1 to > 50/100 m(2). The

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Ixodes ricinus; Borrelia; spirochetes tick density; infection prevalence; mammals; cervids; LYME-DISEASE SPIROCHETE; REDUCED ABUNDANCE; SCAPULARIS ACARI; DAMMINI ACARI; DEER EXCLUSION; COUNTY GALWAY; IXODIDAE; BURGDORFERI; TRANSMISSION; RESERVOIRS

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