The first molecular record of <i>Borrelia afzelii</i>, <i>B. garinii</i>, <i>B. valaisiana</i>, <i>B. burgdorferi</i> s.s. and <i>B. bavariensis</i> in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ABSTRACT: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex comprises 20 species, from which B. afzelii, B. garinii, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. bavariensis, and B. spielmanii are directly associated with Lyme borreliosis, while B. bissettiae, B. lusitaniae, and B. valaisiana were detected in individual cases. Their main vector in Europe is the hard tick species Ixodes ricinus. To date, two species, B. spielmanii and B. lusitaniae, have been molecularly detected in Bosnia and Herzegovina. To test for the presence of other Borrelia species, we performed nested PCR targeting intergenic region rrf (5S) - rrl (23S) on DNA isolates from 49 ticks collected from vegetation by flagging method and 43 removed from hum

SUBMITTER: Usanovic L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11441065 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature