Kafkas Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 2013 , Vol 19 , Issue 1
Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Rickettsia spp. in Ticks Collected from European Part of Turkey
KAR S1, YILMAZER N1, MIDILLI K2, ERGIN S2, GARGILI A3
1Namik Kemal University, Department of Biology, 59030 Tekirdag, TÜRKİYE
2Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, TR-34303 Istanbul - TÜRKİYE
3University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Galveston, Texas - USA
4Marmara University, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Center, TR-34660 Istanbul - TURKEY
DOI : 10.9775/kvfd.2012.7033 This study was performed in ticks collected with the flagging method from localities situated along Anatolian side of Istanbul to the Bulgarian border of Turkey which is under the effect of Black Sea climate. All ticks which were collected seasonally were screened for the presence of B. burgdorferi s.l. and Rickettsia spp. in pools. As a result, indicated agents were revealed to be common in ticks of studied localities, Ixodes ricinus being the predominant tick which was active throughout the year. Keywords : Tick, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., Rickettsia, Turkey