Widespread distribution and high prevalence of an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont in the tick Ixodes ricinus

Infection rate of Ixodes ricinus ticks with Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii, and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in Slovenia.. Tuomi J, Rantamaki LK, Tanskanen R,

After PHA stimulation, in presence of rIris/His cellular extract, a reduced number of PBMCs (more than 80%) secreted IFN- ␥ , whereas the number of cells producing IL-10 remained

Knockdown of the expression of metis genes by RNA interference in vivo suggests a variable requirement for the different members of this family for completion of the blood

Inhibition of Protease Activity by rIris—We tested the ability of purified rIris to inhibit various serine proteases derived from human blood (leukocyte elastase, t-PA, factor

The presence of granulocytic ehrlichiae was demonstrated by PCR in Ixodes ricinus ticks and wild small mammals in Switzerland in two areas of endemicity for bovine

Coincidence of three pathogens (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti) in Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Lublin macroregion. Natural history

In both acini types, SIFamide-positive axons were found to be in direct contact with either basal epithelial cells or a single adlumenal myoepithelial cell in close proximity to

Our objective was to investigate the influences of forest fragmentation, vegetation, adult tick hosts, and habitat on the infection prevalence of three tick-borne bacteria,