First report of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in two threatened carnivores: the Marbled polecat Vormela peregusna and the European mink Mustela lutreola (Mammalia: Mustelidae)

摘要

BackgroundLyme disease is a widespread cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by species belonging to the genus Borrelia. It is transmitted from animal reservoir hosts to humans through hard - ticks of genus Ixodes which are vectors of the disease.