Impact of forest conversion on the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genotypes in the sheep tick Ixodes ricunus and the risk of Lyme disease Ghent University
Tick-borne diseases are a growing public health concern globally as their incidence is rising. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of questing ticks infected with human pathogens such as the Lyme borreliosis bacteria, remain largely unclear. We investigated the transmission dynamics of common tick-borne pathogens, focusing mainly on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (U+2018BorreliaU+2019) and the impact of ecological ...