First detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus halli).
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Available online 20 August 2014. Abstract The hard tick Ixodes uriae parasitises a wide range of seabird species in the circumpolar areas of both Northern and Southern hemispheres and has been shown to be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the bacterial agents of Lyme borreliosis. Although it is assumed that seabirds…