Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks and assessment of entomological risk index at localities in Belgrade | Zendy

Milena Krstić | Zendy; N Stajković | Zendy; Srdjan Lazic | Zendy

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Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks and assessment of entomological risk index at localities in Belgrade

Author(s) -

Milena Krstić,

N Stajković,

Srdjan Lazic

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp150115069k

Subject(s) - ixodes ricinus , tick , borrelia burgdorferi , veterinary medicine , nymph , lyme disease , sensu , ixodes , geography , biology , forestry , ecology , medicine , virology , immunology , antibody , genus

The first case of human Lyme borreliosis (LB) in Serbia was recorded in 1987. The number of reported LB cases has increased in the past decade. The aim of this study was to estimate the density of Ixodes ricinus (I. ricinus) ticks, the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (B. burgdorferi) in them, and entomological risk index (ERI) at 19 Belgrade localities which were grouped into three categories (forests, parkforests, parks). The values of ERI were compared with the number of tick bites in humans.

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