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Borrelia burgdorferi is a bacterial species of the spirochete class of the genus Borrelia. B. burgdorferi exists in North America and Europe and until 2016 was the only known cause of Lyme disease in North America (Borrelia mayonii, found in the midwestern US, is also known to cause the disease)
Author information 1 Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Pomeranian Medical University, Powstancow Wielkopolskich Av. 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland. [email protected] Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the infection level of adult forms and larvae of ticks and mosquitoes with Borrelia burgdorferi in the forested areas of Szczecin. A total of 1699 ticks Ixodes ricinus, including 1422 nymphs, 277 adult forms and 2862 mosquito females representing the genera Aedes (89.6%) and Culex (10.4%) were collected between the years 2004 and 2005.
A further 3746 larvae and 1596 pupae of Culex pipiens pipiens were colleted from water bodies. Borrelia burgdorferi s. l. was detected in the arthropods by the method of indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA).
A positive immunological reaction was detected in 16.6% of the adult forms and in 16.5% of the nymphs of Ixodes ricinus. Spirochetes were also detected in 1.7% of mosquito females, 3.2% of larvae and in 1.6% of pupae of Culex pipiens pipiens. The results of the present study confirm that contact with ticks constitutes the main risk of contracting Lyme disease, although mosquitoes play a role as vectors as well.
originally posted by: Skorpiogurl
I live in a heavily wooded area and trail run with my dog frequently. A ton of horses in my town and all kinds of wildlife - and an over abundance of ticks. Always has been. I got Lyme early last summer and it took a while to test positive, but I did. I was on day three of a super high fever and flu like symptoms before going to the hospital where they got my temp under control and ran every blood test known to man! I had multiple things going on. Anyway, the problem with Lyme, even when you get a positive test result once you're recovered every little thing that happens "could" be the Lyme. So like if I get a head cold... is it a head cold? or is it the Lyme? If I have some aches and pains, is it Lyme? or something else? Oh well.... I like to live on the edge.