@article{
author = "Simin, Verica and Lalošević, Dušan and Mijatović, Dragana and Tomanović, Snežana and Miljević, Milan and Čabrilo, Borislav and Bogdan, Ivana and Banović, Pavle",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Introduction. The primary objectives of this study were (1) to determine the presence of
Borrelia burgdorferi infection in ticks removed from patients for the purpose of singling
out sites with increased risk of Lyme borreliosis, and (2) to determine the presence of
IgM and/or IgG antibodies against B. burgdorferi sensu lato (s. l.) complex in sera of
patients who had ticks removed. Materials and Methods. From 108 ticks removed from patients, all were examined zoologically and a sub-sample of 91 ticks was tested using PCR analysis to determine
the presence of DNA indicating B. burgdorferi infection. To detect anti-Borrelia IgM and/
or IgG antibodies in 61 patients bitten by ticks, we used line recombinant immunoblot
test.
Results and Conclusions. The most common tick identified was Ixodes ricinus. B. burgdorferi s.
l. was present in 37 of 91 tested ticks (40.7%). Seroconversion against B. burgdorferi s. l.
antigen was detected in 12 of 61 patients (19.7%). Most of the infected ticks were from
the province of Vojvodina (11 municipalities), with the city of Novi Sad proving to be
the site with the highest number of infected ticks, 6 in total.",
publisher = "University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Serbia",
journal = "Veterinarski Glasnik",
title = "Borellia burgdorferi infection in removed ticks and anti-borrelia antibodies in infested patients admitted to the Pasteur Institute, Novi Sad",
number = "2",
volume = "74",
doi = "10.2298/VETGL200527008S",
pages = "164-177"
}
