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Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi in Tuscany (Italy)
S Stefanelli1, A Paladini, P L Conforti
1Zooprophilactic Institute of Lazio and Tuscany, Pistoia, Italy.
The New Microbiologica
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
To evaluate the diffusion of Borrelia burgdorferi in Tuscani (Italy) 720 ticks were collected and subsequently cultured for Borrelia burgdorferi. A strain of Borrelia burgdoferi was isolated from one tick; this being the first such reported identification in Central-Southern Italy.