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Isolation of Borrelia afzelii from overwintering Culex pipiens biotype molestus mosquitoes
J Halouzka1, B Wilske, D Stünzner
1Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno.
Infection
|July 8, 2000
Abstract:
During the years 1995-1996, a total of 1,743 overwintering Culex pipiens biotype molestus female mosquitoes were tested for the presence of spirochetes in several localities in South Moravia, Czech Republic.The spirochetes were observed in 5% of the mosquitoes investigated. One of the five isolated strains of spirochetes (BR-84) was identified as Borrelia afzelii. The potential role of mosquitoes in the ecology and epidemiology of Lyme disease (LD) borreliae should be further investigated.